Lena Dunham Quotes

I don't have an agent - I have the William Morris Agency.

I never dreamed I'd be a spokesman for anything. But Pac Bell just asked me. The money was OK; the scripts were fun because I had to do in 30 seconds what it takes a whole feature to do and because the dysfunctional family of agents, managers and lawyers who represent me said it was cool.

When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer.

My advice after thirty years in the business is sign with an agency of reasonable size.

My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.

Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact.

My dad even likes to give me career advice. I'll let him know about some offers about films and TV shows that I get, and he'll ask me questions like, 'What's the money like?' and 'Who got this for you - was it your agent or manager, and what are they getting out of this?'

I am really excited to be signed on by Julian Belfrage Associates, who manage some of the best talent out there, and I am really excited for this new dimension and beginning.

I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it.

I think anyone who has a job in the entertainment industry that is ongoing and then decides they get bored and doesn't want to do it anymore is foolish!

Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece.

A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.

Most corporations have human-resources processes that involve discussions with your manager, performance evaluations, calibrations for performance and potential succession planning.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

Luckily, I have great agents who are sending me out for great stuff.

The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.

Writing on a contract for a major studio you get the very best.

You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.

If did go back to school, I would want to learn another aspect of the entertainment industry like to become a producer or an agent, you need a law degree.

Deal-making goes on with any job.

I run Willow Management, which is the biggest agency for other short actors. We look after performers who are either under five feet and over seven feet tall.

You should be accumulating really great relationships throughout your career.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

It's all a matter of how agents want to handle their clients.

I got an agent when I needed one, when I had a contract negotiation for the first time. I was doing the Second City E.T.C., and I got invited to audition for the last season, it turns out, of 'In Living Color.'