Agent Quotes · Page 6

I am more focused on the games; things like contracts I leave with my agent.

— Sadio Mane

I was looking for someone to represent me and an agent sat me down and said, 'I don't think there's anything to…

— John Bishop

Acting-wise, I did a web series. I play a music agent in a series called 'Keeping Up with the Downs.'

— James Michael Tyler

I had an agent who spent eight years - eight years! - trying to sell my stories. She sold other people's work;…

— Bebe Moore Campbell

I have the best agent, manager, publicist, acting coach, and lawyer. Without them, I wouldn't have the opportunities that I've had.

— Rochelle Aytes

I didn't get an agent until after 'Last Comic Standing' - of course, getting on a show like that will get you…

— Iliza Shlesinger

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as…

— Lorna Luft

I wonder what an agent would do if he had to travel with the band he's booking.

— Mary Lou Williams

You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding,…

— Isla Fisher

I was told by my agent that a number of big stars won't work with anyone two inches taller than them and…

— James Cromwell

I started working when I was very young. I got an agent when I was 12, and fortunately was employed consistently from…

— Claire Danes

I would say that I have an aspect of my personality which is that I have no personality. That's why I work…

— Andrew Wylie

I didn't act in Israel, but I wrote plays at home and acted in plays at school. I tried to get an…

— Odeya Rush

I started out with a business and psychology major, and then I started doing plays and concentrating more and more on theater.…

— Linden Ashby

There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise.…

— Scott Wolf

It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in…

— Joel McHale

My first agent dissuaded me from calling myself 'Cumberbatch.' I had six months of not very productive time with her, so I…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

Not ever having been an agent myself, my sense is that upper-level agents who have the most power, who can move people…

— John Landgraf

I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I…

— Mathew Baynton

Part of the satisfaction of tattling surely comes from showing oneself to adults as a good moral agent, a responsible being who…

— Paul Bloom

I was doing a lot of web design at the time. And anybody that has an agent thinks, "Why do I need…

— Jeff Vespa

The short story and the truth is that I was taking vocal lessons here in New York... One day, instead of my…

— Lesley Gore

It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I…

— Utkarsh Ambudkar

First, philosophy concerns itself with all kinds of issues that don't get much airtime in day-to-day life. What's the nature of reality?…

— Kathryn Schulz

I'm absolutely loving being part of Bondiana, and that not only am I a Bond girl, but I get to be an…

— Naomie Harris

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

— Robert Gottlieb

If you want to be an agent of change, it starts with you and what you're made of.

— Michael J. Fox

“Y'know, if anyone happens to know the name of a good literary agent that will actually return phone calls...”

— Rob Steele

Now I have an agent, a manager, a lawyer, a publicist, all the king's horses and all the king's men.

— Christian McKay

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

— Robert Ben Garant

“Ac­cord­ing to the agent, the se­cret to get­ting fa­mous is you just keep say­ing yes.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even…

— Sarah Dessen

I like to act. I work for scale. I don't have an acting agent. I'm in the book.

— John Sayles

I just go my own way. If my agent calls and presents me with something, and I find it refreshing or illuminating,…

— Adam West

It's what you do that counts and not what you say; therefore I fired my press agent.

— W. C. Fields

I call myself a literary agent simply to distinguish myself from actors' agents.

— Irving Paul Lazar

“How and where authors connect with their readers will affect how and when readers buy.”

— Bernadette Baker-Baughman

The 'ER' role was not Asian-specific, and my agent knew that I loved the show.

— Ming-Na Wen

My wife has been my agent for 20 years now and she's been in there fighting for me.

— Paul Raci

I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.

— Zach Johnson