Do you have a manager, agent or representative who helps you sign or close deals? Why or why not? If you do have one, how did you find them and how did you know they were the right one for you? These are some of the questions we asked some very talented folks from the community and we’ve shared their responses below.

Fran Tapia

Over the past years, my journey has been nothing short of exhilarating so I signed with Firestarter Entertainment (FSE Talent) in August 2023 to get to the next level. Working alongside my incredibly dedicated agent, Nicole Sarro, has been a transformative experience that has not only opened doors but propelled me into extraordinary and challenging opportunities. Read more>>

Amanda Rome West

When I signed with my agent, Myreon Arslan, it really opened my eyes to having good people on your team. If you have good people on your team, they will support you no matter what, and they will help you get great auditions and book the roles that you were meant to play. As an artist, musician, producer, and content creator, on top of being an actor, I am always looking for new opportunities, and my agent is on top of it bringing them to me. Read more>>

Jayda Aslan

I chose this topic because I think it can be helpful for actors just getting in. When I was starting out, I had a boyfriend that had been in the business for a decade already and he helped me slip through the catch 22 of getting an agent when you have no credits. But not everyone has a built in actor mentor boyfriend, so I’ll be yours! You get out of school and you have no credits to dangle in front of agents as bait, so here’s what you can do in order of importance: 1) Read more>>

Demi Michelle Schwartz

On November 10, 2023, I signed with my literary agent, Michelle Jackson at LCS Literary. Reaching this milestone was a top highlight of my 2023, since I worked so hard to get here. Once I graduated with my MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in June of 2022, I plunged into querying agents. Read more>>

Ryan DeLaney

I was currently living in Miami Florida when I met Dana West. Dana was my first ever agent and I was very blessed to have been taking under her wing and trusted in her knowledge with the business and experience to propel my career. It wasn’t easy trusting a complete stranger with a dream I had but thankfully it all worked out for me! Read more>>

MJ Garcia

Signing with an agent first begins with you. It’s very important to understand your brand, who you are and what you’ll bring to the casting offices. This will help you explain to the representative that you’re meeting with what you’re adding to their team. They might have in their roster someone that looks like you, but you might have different abilities, different essence, a different brand and this is what they’re interested in knowing and understanding for them to send you out to the right castings.  Read more>>

Bret Juliano

In 2012, when I started my comic career and worked on my debut project, the Dust Bunny Mafia, a newspaper-style comic like Looney Tunes meets The Godfather, traditional newspapers were a dying breed. Ever since I was young, I knew I wanted to write stories and draw cartoons. Still, it wasn’t until after I graduated college and started working that I began to dive deep into pursuing comics as a hobby and a side business. Read more>>

JD Slajchert

If you have love, belief, and support, then you have everything. Being an artist can be an incredibly vulnerable and intimidating career path, but there’s nothing like having your work seen and understood by professionals in your desired industry. I was lucky enough to find my literary agent, Alina Mitchell, about a year ago, and I couldn’t be happier to have someone stand in my corner. Read more>>