After doing "The Glass Menagerie", I thought it would be a good time to find an agent. I knew other actors had them, that I didn't think were as good as me. They would audition for commercials and get them sometimes. So I started making the rounds of agents in NY. I would go to their offices and they mostly had a bin to put unsolicited pics and resumes and they would call if interested.
Wow, wouldn't it be great to get a professional acting job anywhere doing anything. To make money as an actor was like playing ball for money, I would do it for nothing but if I could get paid doing it, that would be heaven.
I soon discovered that the few off-off Broadway shows that I did made absolutely no impression on the agents. I would hear about some film job that was casting and would go to an agents office that had least been civil to me, most were snotty and it seemed that they didn't really like actors. If I didn't love acting for it's own sake I would have quit. After a few months of total rejection, I decided that I would be like electricity and go where there is the least resistance.
So I committed myself to the long run and never after that did I ever lower myself but would wait until they came to me.
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it is difficult to judge good agent that can lead you to the bollywood. Some unreliable agents might discouraging the freshers in acting. but there is an upside to it. Namely, you're on an even playing field. Everyone else reading for your role is getting the very same treatment. And fortunately, there's a neat trick to make you stand out.
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