Answers from The Working Actor

8 Agents and Managers

The two primary types of actor representatives are agents and managers. (Others, such as publicists¹ and entertainment lawyers, may join the team much further down the road, if at all.) As explained in the previous chapter on the casting process, agents and managers get much of their information from The Breakdowns, a daily list of casting opportunities that—officially—is only available to professional talent representatives. Talent representatives use Breakdowns to match and submit selected actors to casting directors for consideration on these projects. Actors without representation are, unfortunately, cut out of this particular casting loop. So clearly, finding a good talent rep is an important career step that vastly ...