http://www.brainsofminerva.com/2010/02/25/acting/jason-pugatch-on-getting-dropped-by-your-agent/ The Guide to the L.A. Actor Hustle Fri, 02 Sep 2011 04:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.brainsofminerva.com/2010/02/25/acting/jason-pugatch-on-getting-dropped-by-your-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Dufflyn Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:43:33 +0000 http://www.brainsofminerva.com/?p=1535#comment-333 Jason! Thank you! This is brilliant and I am going to send it out to all my Act Now clients, so many of whom have experienced this. It's easy to sell ourselves out but your story proves; Agents and Casting Directors don't want to hire a doormat, they want an actor (read: human being). Jason! Thank you! This is brilliant and I am going to send it out to all my Act Now clients, so many of whom have experienced this. It’s easy to sell ourselves out but your story proves; Agents and Casting Directors don’t want to hire a doormat, they want an actor (read: human being).

]]> http://www.brainsofminerva.com/2010/02/25/acting/jason-pugatch-on-getting-dropped-by-your-agent/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Lynn @ The Actors Diet Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:01:33 +0000 http://www.brainsofminerva.com/?p=1535#comment-332 i've been dropped a number of times. it's always hard, but i've learned this - trying to "please" your agent by being a "good client" isn't worth it. now i take my vacations, turn down ridiculous roles, tell them firmly - "NO i don't need new headshots." there is no control over whether or not they will, inevitably, dump me. so i may as well live my life. i’ve been dropped a number of times. it’s always hard, but i’ve learned this – trying to “please” your agent by being a “good client” isn’t worth it. now i take my vacations, turn down ridiculous roles, tell them firmly – “NO i don’t need new headshots.” there is no control over whether or not they will, inevitably, dump me. so i may as well live my life.

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