|
Ramble on, dear actor Wednesday, 08-Jul-98 22:00:44
First of all, I cannot imagine any more appropriate place for rambling than these boards. To do otherwise, might, in fact, be curious around these parts. Bad girl! Bad girl! You know better than to go interviewing agents without at least two different monologues prepared (comedy and drama) if not three (classical) just in case you should get a request for one. As for the cold reading request, if they were to have given you notice, to their credit, then it might not have been as "cold" as possible. But hey, despite the surprise, you made it past that hurdle. That they threw a couple things at you that you managed to field is actually a good thing. Also, though, be aware that there are CDs out there in general interviews, that can toss a request at you without notice for a monologue (including Barbara Claman). Additionally, there are directors (including Oliver Stone) who occasionally get bored after hearing the same material over, and over, and over, all day long and will occasionally toss out the same thing (and no ... I'm not prepared for that one ... it's been about 3 months since I really had them up enough to go with no notice ... and even then, I was lacking a really good comedy one). For union members, to the "across the board" mandate, several of my friends have had showdowns with the agencies making such demands over that issue. Almost without exception, my friends "won" the showdown, the agency blinked, and offered them just the representation they wanted. My intuition on your particular situation, however, is that if you were to go to your new offering agent and make the same request, that they would both hold fast and probably be annoyed at the same time. It sounds like the chances of you putting it a request and it getting you anywhere woudl be somewhere between slim and none. So yes, given the track record you have recently accumulated with your current agency, it seems as though to not give the new one a chance might not be the best decision. Here's the good news. Leaving an agency sometimes is not all that difficult unless you make it so (or unless the agent chooses to make it so, which is wildly counterproductive). You don't even "have" to call them, if you don't want. But whether you call them or not, my recommendation is to say as little as possible, and keep it very, very simple. All you need to do is thank them very, very much for the time and effort they have dedicated to you, but for now, it seems the best for both you and they if you simply "give somebody else a chance" for time being. In other words, you don't have to slam the door unless the old agency insists upon slamming it for you. You know that your current relationship is not working at this time. Give them some credit. They know it is not working out right now too. There is a chance, if your "trial" with Burkett does not work out, that your old agency might accept you back, if things are handled in the right way, and a bunch of other ducks fall in line. You could always ask were that to be what you wanted. Worst that could happen is that they would say no, and be somewhat mean about it. Unproductive, but understandable. The best thing, of course, is that if the trial situation with your new agency were to work out, and turn into something more permanent. Only one way to find out. Sorry for making even less sense than normal, but I have a pretty heavy director's meeting tomorrow morning, followed by a "heavy text" commercial read, and I'm a touch preoccupied, among other things, on the logisitics of the day. best, sterling Sterling Wolfe -- Ramblerator |
| LinkExchange Member | Free Home Pages at GeoCities |