Re: Leeches (managers, agents) vs. "Oscar" winners.
You can call agents and managers leeches if you want but at the moment they aren't leeching anything from you.
So, if they haven't taken anything from you, why do you want to denigrate them by calling them leeches?
They work for their clients. They work on commission. You are not their client.
If they spend their time on you and your script -- they ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR.
Do you go to a barbershop and ask the barber to look at your hair, not cut it, just look at it.
Because he's a barber and he should be interested in hair.
No, because you understand that he needs to fill his chair and his time with paying customers.
Yet, you expect every agent or manager to spend their time on your script. And if they're spending their time on your script, why shouldn't they spend their time on the scripts of the other thousand posters here?
Oh, because your script can make them a fortune in commissions if only they would read it.
Maybe. But probably not. At best it would probably be used as a writing sample. Which means breaking a new writer. Which means you have to be someone people want to work with. Which seems unlikely if you hold the attitude that these human beings are only interested in sucking the lifeblood out of you.
Good luck with the director. If he likes your work maybe he'll refer you to an agent. You might want to keep to yourself that you think they're all leeches.
Originally posted by GreyGhost22
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So, if they haven't taken anything from you, why do you want to denigrate them by calling them leeches?
They work for their clients. They work on commission. You are not their client.
If they spend their time on you and your script -- they ARE DOING YOU A FAVOR.
Do you go to a barbershop and ask the barber to look at your hair, not cut it, just look at it.
Because he's a barber and he should be interested in hair.
No, because you understand that he needs to fill his chair and his time with paying customers.
Yet, you expect every agent or manager to spend their time on your script. And if they're spending their time on your script, why shouldn't they spend their time on the scripts of the other thousand posters here?
Oh, because your script can make them a fortune in commissions if only they would read it.
Maybe. But probably not. At best it would probably be used as a writing sample. Which means breaking a new writer. Which means you have to be someone people want to work with. Which seems unlikely if you hold the attitude that these human beings are only interested in sucking the lifeblood out of you.
Good luck with the director. If he likes your work maybe he'll refer you to an agent. You might want to keep to yourself that you think they're all leeches.
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