Talent Agencies Quotes

Behind the ambitious, creative talent that is Hollywood lies a darker side of the entertainment industry little appreciated by the ordinary moviegoer. It's an opaque world of film financing, revenue accretion, and minimal profit share.

When I was seven, my mom would come home every day, and I would have the phone book open to talent agencies, and I would have them highlighted.

The barrier to entry, to being a model, is not hard work. You don't need a degree. You don't need to win an award. It's just about how you look.

For the most part, Hollywood is very transactional. People want to make movies and television shows.

I submitted videos and applications to talent agencies and TV shows; I drove to Vegas and visited agents. I was on 'America's Got Talent'; I played for free at venues in attempts to be 'found' and yet all the experts in the entertainment industry told me that what I did was not marketable and that I had to join a group or do more traditional music.

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9.

I wanted to become a model and an actress.

My son doesn't really want to model as a career, so I am not worried about him entering into the industry.

Lots of stand-up showcases on TV are made by production companies that also represent acts as clients, so there tends to be a demonstrable bias towards a certain group of people.

Nobody in my family is in the show business, and none of my friends were. I went to a very academic school that actually - when I got to the point of wanting to pursue acting, they just had no idea how to do that, because all of their contacts were very academic.