How to Get An Agent For Acting (four ways!)
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
- Let's talk about how to get an agent for acting. A lot of people will tell you to just send in your headshot and resume but there are actually many ways that you can get representation. In this video, I'll show you four different ways that you can get an acting agent.
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Avoiding Agent Scams
2:27 Referrals and Recommendations
4:33 Perform for Agents
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6:40 Submit Yourself
7:25 Follow Agents on Social Media
8:42 Sneaky Way to Get an Agent
10:40 Learn to Audition
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Let me know if this helped you get representation!
I loved it
@@lilicantin9872 Thanks!
What if they charge you for classes
( If so what is the average price for it because the price is $2000)
@@therealesj In my experience, acting classes cost between $100 - $300 per month. If there is a class that costs $2000, I would be very skeptical, especially if it is being offered by a talent agent. That is a conflict of interest. Agents should offer representation only. Acting teachers should offer classes.
@@ActingCareerCenter
( These are there own words)
John Casablancas Cost Money? For a fee of around $2,000, you'll get headshots and a 20-week course designed to teach you the basics of becoming a model. The coursework includes modeling, commercial acting, runway techniques, makeup, hair, skincare, and exercise and nutrition.
I just signed up for acting class today. Wish me luck
That's great to hear! Best of luck!
Hey how did it go bro?
good luck and how did you do that bro?
How did your classes go?
Hope u did great
i don’t do
acting classes because i can’t afford them but my dream is to be an actress so i’m learning them of off youtube
Same but actor
If you can't afford acting classes. Be creative and hustle. Offer to clean the theater. Offer to clean the toilets, sweep the floors, mop the floors, clean the stage, in return for free acting classes. They have to pay someone to maintain the studio, it might as well be you. How do you think that George Clooney paid for his acting classes when he was dead broke and couldn't afford them. George Clooney offered to clean the the theater, at the Beverly hills playhouse. And that was the start of his acting career.
@@liquidbraino
What school do you consider the best in the world
Reply to me I might be able to help you. Do you have any demo reels or pictures or headshots
That’s a great start! Sometimes just being around other creatives is also super helpful!
The funny thing is I don’t care about the money i care about the enjoyment
I'm currently doing acting classes and basically, what pushed me to do it, are your advices. Thank you so much Kurt, for encouraging me, and other thousands of people. 🙏🧡
How's it going?
@@kay4leigh885 pretty well and I have learned and enjoyed so much, I'm going to keep taking classes, never stop learning, there's always something new in your life, trust me🙃
That's great! Stay in school; don't ever stop learning and working on yourself. Acting is (potentially) a life long journey of self discovery.
Wait what website is it
I wouldn't be where i am today if it wasnt for you, Kurt. you helped me so much, and now im in a acting class. I will remember this throughout my career. 🤧❤
The fourth way was some next level Jedai stuff . Real smart I like it!
Obi-Wan taught me well.
Solid and excellent advice that you can apply to any career path. Thanks Kurt for this gem. Hope all is well too all. 🙏🏾
4th point was a great tip! I'm contemplating separating from one of my reps and feeling a little anxious that by doing so, I'll cut myself off from getting the better auditions if you know what I mean. I'm confident that I can book small gigs, and using that as leverage makes a lot of sense. Thank you!
Thank you so much for making these videos ! Really helpful and you’re an inspiration!
I’ve been hustling myself now and finding jobs, but I never thought to bring it to an agent. Probably because most of the ones I’ve gotten are smaller roles. I’m at the point where I’m ready to be actively seeking an agent. Thanks for your advice!
Wow that last tip was something I’ve never thought of
I love how you share the wealth! This is a great channel and you are very insightful :)
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
I love it.
I wrote down 3 movie script and was looking for the right agent that would help me out with it
I started improv classes two weeks ago through the acting school you recommended in one of your most recent videos. The school is out of Cleveland.
I am enjoying it immensely. I have headshots tomorrow just to get some professional photos up on the casting sites. There's a a HVAC supplier and installer in the state that I live in that reached out to me on Backstage with regards to me acting as an HVAC installer for one of their corporate videos. I'm not sure of what to expect but I know that without your videos, I likely wouldn't have even considered this.
Thank you! I'm considering this path and I so welcome your high spirited and strategic vibes. When something amazing comes out of this path, I'll drop a note to let you know. Until then, I send good thoughts for your career! 🙏
This is amazing advice. I recently began filming/producing/starring in an original web series and call me hopeful but I feel like it has potential to be something big. So, it’s gotten me to think about all the big questions about agents and representation and all that Jazz. I feel like once my first season comes out, it could also be a talking point when talking to other creatives and agents. I feel AMAZING 🤩
Great video as usual Kurt, thanks!
I just happened to come across your UA-cam channel. I'm a talent agent located in Los Angeles area. I want to compliment you on a well done video. Also that Fourth Way is pretty sneaky, but the information you give is right on point... 🙂
I wonder if I can send you my headshots?
My little niece was in the dance recital she was probably about 8 years old at the time. Although I was there to watch my niece, I seen a little 8-year-old boy from another dance school on stage, he was so full of energy charismatic and he took command of the whole stage. I was able to follow him from the stage back to his parents. I asked the parents if they ever considered placing their son in the films and commercials, long story short, they came in, he auditioned, we signed him. He was a natural and he was booking left and right.
Thank you so much! I’m gonna ask my dad for acting lessons since I have finally found one that seemed trust worthy
The self submission ironically was the easiest for me, but then again I haven't tried any other ways. I Googled top Agencies in my area and then picked 5 of my choices, did as much research on them as I could and submitted to 2 of them via their online instructions. Never heard back from the first attempted choice, but then got an interview with the second choice and then offered a contract right after the interview (studied my lil 5 second monologue all day before and forgot all that stuff during the interview smh 😂 but quickly made up something). This was in the mist of Covid...and deciding to finally try such a career is a diff story lol. I can just say it's a blessing from God to get represented by a good reputable agency; especially when you're just starting out. I'm grateful 🙏🏾 and think about that moment all the time. Kurt is da knowledge man 🙌🏾
Excellent tips. It’s a lot easier to get an agent, to enter the entertainment industry but it’s a lot harder to stay in the industry. I did the New Orleans film festival, a small role for Disney and a short film and doing music gigs plus a theatre degree. So I am a lot more confident in returning to work should I decide to find another agent or management in near future just nerve wrecking because you’d want to stay in the industry and do well.
After being scammed myself I had serious doubts about pursuing my dream as it hits hard when you believe in the good in people and trust that the individual has no reason to hurt you especially being on the spectrum but never the less the dream lives on and coming from a small town in Scotland it only pushes me harder and after seeing this video, my good sir I am greatly fortunate to have come across this tonight as I’ve understood a great deal I did not before and for this I thank you. I wish you and your family all the best ❤️🙏
Thanks, Kurt. This is so useful. ❤️
Thank you for posting this information.
It was a cost saving measure.
Browsing your video is like reading a good book! I have benefited a lot! Thank you for making us smile!🥰 Your channel is great, so are you! I'll never get used to saying it is worthy of a million likes! Fully watched! 💯🥰
I love your channel. Your videos are really beneficial for amateurs and your cheat sheet was unbelievably amazing 🎬👏🎬👏
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this
It's been so hard looking for auditions and agents
thanks for all this information! love your channel!
I watched your vid on starting up and took your advice. Been taking acting lessons for the past month. Just got my first gig. No lines but it’s a huge deal for me. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge
Congratulations!!
where have you been taking classes, locally or online and how is it?
My biggest dream is to be in a film
Good luck
Mines to!!!
Sameee
My biggest dream is to just simply act; to do what I love more than anything in the world and get paid to do what I love more than anything in the world (and I do). I don't care if it's in a film on TV or on a stage.
Fall in love with the CRAFT of acting and the rest will take care of itself. If all that you want is to be in a film and you don't care about acting - well that's easy, sign up at Central Casting. Anybody can do "extra" work and some people make a decent living at it. Some Extras (aka "background actors") are also delusional because they think they're going to get famous by standing in the background; going to get "lucky" one day or get "discovered" while NOT acting. The top of the mountain isn't going to come to you - you have to climb it.
You might get "discovered" if you're already performing in a play and a producer or casting director sees your performance and they decide they want to cast you in a film - that's exactly what happened to me. I was performing in a play in Hollywood and one night there just happened to be a producer in the audience. He contacted me 24 hours later and offered me a lead role in a TV "spec" pilot, which never ended up getting picked up by networks, but that's the job that made me SAG eligible.
Same! And I know it’s going to happen I feel it. Good luck to you!
Thank you so much for sharing ! And giving us great advices 🙏🏽✨🌺🌈
I found this very helpful! Thank you! ☺️
Glad it was helpful!
Wow ur videos are really helpful I’m gonna use ur tips thank u
Thank you from the bottom of my heart i almost fell for that scam.
your tips have been helpful
can you make a video on how to pick a good acting class?
thanks for that cool 4th way. thinking outside the box. very helpful.
Glad I found this! Ready to learn more
Thank you, I am currently in the process of submitting myself to different agencies and this really helped.
Glad it was helpful!
So how has it gone?
Where do u submittijg any weebsite tips
Wow you are spectacular thank you so much for all your tips!
Greeeeeeetings Kurt! 👋🏻😀
Awesome Acting advice. Thank you sir.
You helped me so much thank you
This video was SO HELPFUL
I think in person acting classes may give more opportunity to showcase and be more involved/network etc. I almost signed up for an online class but after watching this, an in person acting course may be more beneficial.
I love how honest you are! I have a question, can you be a actor with face tattoos???
Great video! Thanks for the tips!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video its so really helpful 😊😊😊
Could you make a video about what having an agent does for an actor's "career" and why or how it works that way (versus no agent), along with insights about ways to decide which agent would be the best option for an actor by giving the actor the widest net access to acting opportunities/jobs. Such a video would be very valuable to me and A LOT of other "new" actors.
this is very clever, thanks for this
HOLY CRAP WAS THIS VIDEO BENEFICIAL!!! I searched for "how to get the best agent"... got this video... and thought? What will this guy know?! BOY WAS I OFF BASE!! YOU SIR were just BRILLIANT!!! Such common sense advise that we just don't think of because we are NOT in the right mind frame and don't have the wisdom or years of experience... it just makes perfect sense once its pointed out! ACTING CLASS HERE I COME!!!! Thanks! ---- Can YOU be MY AGENT??!! ;-)
Thanks Kurt, very helpful
Thank you!!!... good review and reinforcement!!!
Wow!!! This is beautiful
Thank u so much 🙏🙏🙏
Am an actor from Uganda 🇺🇬
My first video to watch and I love him cause the life finds a way sign I watch Jurassic park literally everyday
Have rep in Virginia and had rep in Atlanta but split just never saw eye to eye and maybe because I was out of town. Planning on making the move back to Atlanta. Thanks for information need to get back to class
Im signing up for a Acting Class in Los Angeles next summer. My cousin moved out there a few years ago and he got into the directing kind of field and he attends some big events such as a squid game kind of presentation with the actors and directors. He advised me to go to Andrew Wood acting school but IM SO NERVOUS LIKE BUTTERFLIES
Thank you so much for these videos! They really are helpful :) I'm working on being on Netflix but I live in India :( I'm coming to San Francisco soon! (hopefully getting chances to audition) Working on everything until then! Thank you!
Best of luck to you!
same !! i'd really like to act on netflix but i can't move to the us anytime soon :(
@@kl4u581 same :(
Omg! All the best. I hope you succeed
Hello Kurt! I just found your videos and I'm loving the helpful information you're providing!
I have a question, tho...
I'm based in Mexico, and some of the tips don't really work for me, since I cannot book a job to film a commercial or go to acting classes in hollywood or vancouver, so my question is, do you have any tips or advice to get an agent internationally?
You should start by trying to find agents and acting opportunities in your own country. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get an agent in the US without living here first
Thank you for sharing
thanks sir and also keep us updated 👍
will do
@@ActingCareerCenter thank you 😀
hey, I'm so grateful for your videos! I was wondering, How would you recommend finding agents and casting directors if you're new to an area? Like it would be easy to follow them and look them up if you knew what to look up yk
You can search on google, you can ask the people in your acting classes, you can look for acting related facebook groups in your area and ask in there
I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for taking the time to do them. If I live out of the large areas like LA, should I look for an agent there if I'm looking to do film or TV work or more local to me? Do I have to move there or I can still live where I am? (Within 4-5 hours of L.A. area)
This is so clear
Plz do a video to teach people how to NOT get scammed by fake agents?
great stuff!!! thank you
Your videos are great tnx🙏🏻
This dude is great!!!!
Thanks! First Comment :D
Thanks for watching!
Starting acting today.. WISH ME LUCK
THANK YOU!!!
Could you give examples of good acting classes and how to find them? Thanks for all the great videos!
Do a google search for acting classes in your city. Most classes will allow you to audit a class for free to see if you like it before you sign up. You can also look for online acting classes that are held on Zoom.
I really like these videos
I want a agent to star in the actuacion, but Im from México and don’t no how to get a agent.Your videos help me so much thanks
love it!
Great information !
Glad you found it helpful!
I love your videos ❤️❤️❤️
Hi! Am 13 years old Thanks for the information and from Mexico and I have been taking Broadway clases with some of the shows creators like the phantom of the opra or wicked. my dream has always been to be able to act and be a successful actriz but I cannot find an agent or a online casting and I say online casting because am from Mexico and is pretty hard to get a role or sum
Great great points and I've been around Hollywood:)))
Thank you so much
Going back to university to study my masters in acting. Getting skills to sell myself in the acting world as well as creating a solo project.
I need a video on how to find the RIGHT acting classes
I'd recommend reading as many books as you can about acting so you can learn as much as you can about the different "styles" of acting. Read "On Acting" by Sanford Meisner; read "The Meisner Approach" by Larry Silverberg (a four book series) and "An Actor Prepares" by Stanislavsky - there's many others. Once you know enough about how each system works - you'll know whether or not that teacher even has a clue as to what they're talking about.
I went to a school here in Los Angeles for about four days but because I'd already read a few books and watched "Theaters Best Kept Secret" and the "Sanford Meisner Master Class DVD", I knew enough to realize that this guy had no clue what he was talking about - so I left that school after four days. A few weeks later I was going on a hiking trip in Angeles Crest National Forest with about five friends (all actors) and told one of them about this experience & asked him where he trained - he said "Playhouse West", I'd never heard of it. But later found out that it's the last place Sanford Meisner taught before he died and on day ONE at PW I KNEW I was in the right place.
I'd also recommend (after doing some reading; watching more videos), make a list of every acting school in your area; visit EVERY one of them and audit classes at the ones that will allow you to audit a class for free and trust your instincts/intuition when making a decision. One of the schools I went to before PW just gave me bad vibes and that was enough of a reason for me to turn around and walk out without even auditing a class. Didn't like the snobby; condescending attitude of the teachers and this is a VERY well respected; well known school - it just wasn't for me.
Tying my first acting class this weekend, wish me luck!!
How’d it go?
Hope it went well
Thank you so much for this! Do you have any recommendations for good showcases in LA?
I love the Jeff Goldblum quote! Haha
I love ❤️ your vids man they are so helpful I am gonna audition for a Netflix show wish me luck 🍀
it was great!
As a current talent manager myself and having been a talent agent for years I must say this is GREAT.
Thank you! 🎉
Good advices...!
That sneaky tip wow! I love that! So sneaky hehehe but your are right, the $$$ speak.
Show me the money!
great stuff
Thanks!
you are wonderful!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks a lot
Hmm great info 👌
love the amazing yamaguchi venom
I’m 14 and I’m so excited to start
Same here!!
I'll see you guys when we three become famous
@@seraphina_art143 we should make a gc
Same!
@@seraphina_art143 what if we’re all on the same movie or show
Hi Kurt , do you give any 1 on 1 training ? Your Great at what you do !
Yes, I do offer private coaching sessions via Zoom: form.jotform.com/203157276256154
Hey Kurt - I've researched a few different agent showcases. Can you tell us about your recommendations? Or maybe do a video on this. Like you said, there's a lot of scams and it would be helpful to have a little guidance on which ones are legitimate and what to expect to pay for these showcases. Thanks so much!
I've never personally attended a showcase so it's hard for me to say. In my opinion, the ones that charge thousands of dollars are a waste of money. I still maintain that the best way to get representation is through your acting classes. I've taken classes where they've done a performance night or scene night once per year and invite local agents to attend.
@@ActingCareerCenter Oh great. Even better. Recommendations?
Hello, I truly like your page and it’s an amazing help. I’m a new SAG member and I want to w pans to Atlanta. Any recommendations?, will be in a photo shoot in Savanna the 1 week of January !
Thank you in advance !
Sometimes Agents can show other actors or actresses too to the company, the actor asked for representing him or her . The agent has to be really loyal and honest in that case
I live in England in the middle of nowhere. I live near enough to Manchester that if I was going to do acting classes, that’s where I’d have to go. The issue is that the acting scene is quite small, and I can’t find anything that looks legit. They all look super sketchy. I just wanna do acting classes