Phone, put the onus on me, and make sure I’m doing my job. I work for you, so never hesitate to pick up the think “Oh, they’re doing something more important,” or, “They’ve got other things going on I don’t want to bother them.” But what clients forget That’s something clients don’t do enough,Īnd are afraid to do. So if you have a manager who’s in there nudging, saying, “We’re going to go out with this script whether you read it or not,” they usually do.Ĭarlisle: Put the onus on your representative. Also, it gets to the point where we (managers) do so much, the agent feels like he or she has to keep up. We’re usually the ones driving the strategy, driving the process. Part of our job is to work those agencies. Robyn Meisinger, President, Madhouse Entertainment: This is where a good manager comes in handy.
The phone, call your representative, and say, “What’d you think?!” Maybe they’ve read itĪnd just haven’t have had a moment to call you. Somebody a piece of material for weekend, then you have a right to pick up Give me a couple of days and I’llĪbsolutely get to it.” But if Monday rolls around, and Tuesday rolls around, and you gave Had something go on this weekend-I didn’t get to it. It depends if the representative has reached out and said, “I’m sorry. So if you give it to them on Monday, the following Zach Carlisle, agent, Verve: Given the life of an agent-given the life of just people in general-giving Thing I would like to be professionally associated with.’ But, in general, if theĭialogue is working between the agent and the client, what needs to happen for both I don’t think this work is your best work, and I don’t think it’s the kind of When I send something, there’s an implicit endorsement Up to you to have an open and frank discussion and say, ‘I don’t feel comfortable Not up to the kind of quality you as an agent feel you would like to represent, it’s , if a client turns in work that happens to be not their best work, or Of your respective roles, and what the benefits and drawbacks are to each specific Not the right next project for a client, in which case you have a dialogue about each Think are entirely wrong projects, career killers, and there are projects that are just Scott Hoffman, Folio Literary Management: It depends on the client, and it depends on the project.
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