Important Strategy to Use With Agents

Here's another acting and modeling quick tip with me, Aaron Marcus. Look, most of the things that I share with you about the industry are based on my experiences, and I make it really clear it's not like this is the only way to do things. This is one way to do something, and it's something that I found helpful. And that leads me into what I want to share with you today, and it's strategies with working with agents. And so there are some, you know, exceptions to the rule, but let me tell you what happened with me recently, and I think it was a good, good way to So there was a job that I was on hold for. It was a job I really wanted to do. It wasn't any kind of crazy kind of job and it wasn't like this huge project or anything, but it was something I wanted. And so I'm on hold and the agent sent me an email just saying that I was released. And so my initial feeling— look, a lot of us are pretty sensitive artists and I wanted to write back and say, oh, I'm really disappointed. It's something I really wanted to do. It seemed like it would have been a lot of fun. A lot of fun, something I could have used in my portfolio or on an agent's website. And I just decided, you know what? I don't want to go that route. I want to present myself as somebody who works a lot, somebody— certainly, I wish I had gotten the job, but it's not a big deal. And that's what I decided to do. And so I wrote back and I said, hey, thank you so much for letting me know. It's too bad it didn't come through. It would have been a fun job. I look forward to working with you again in the future. Bingo! That was it. And then when I finished sending it off, then I thought to myself, boy, I really wish I did get that job. It would have been great. But I just think that's a really good strategy to use with agents. And don't look desperate. Don't look like it's the end of the world. Don't start talking about how angry, sad you are. It didn't happen. Look, you want to present yourself to people as someone who works, someone who gets jobs. When they don't come through, no big deal. You'll book something else. And once again, look, if it's a major kind of project and you've been put on hold and you've had multiple callbacks and it doesn't happen, well, okay, that's something. But for a regular job, don't wear your heart on your sleeve. Hey, if you're watching this, If you're watching this on YouTube, please give it a thumbs up. If you're watching this on Facebook, please like it. And also share with me and others any strategies that you use with agents that you think might be helpful to others at the bottom here. I am Aaron Marcus, and you can leave comments at facebook.com/howtomodel. You can also leave comments on my website, howtomodel.com. Forward to talking with you soon.