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As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is.

I want to do acting as much as I can. When you're on contract with a show, you can't really do other shows. It's hard to do film. I haven't had the opportunity to even audition much for films because I don't have an agent.

You have to be a strong advocate of the shows you believe in. Sometimes those skills are very similar to agenting.

As an actor sometimes we sit and wait for projects to be handed to us and we don't really work. We expect our agents and managers to know who we are and to see who we are and offer us a part or send us out and submit us.

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

As an actor... at some point you've got to forget that the crew's there in order to do your job.

Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion.

As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with.

I never really decided to be an actress, but I got an agent, was called back on every show I auditioned for, and finally decided I was meant to be an actress.