u/Cocomite

"Your agent works for you, not the other way around" - something i'm sure we've all heard or told ourselves at some point. After all, they live on commission from our work.

Yet I can't be the only one who has felt (for many years) like there is a serious power imbalance. It's a common theme amongst actors as the power and opportunity really does lie with a good agent having good contacts and getting good briefs sent their way. We know sometimes that having a bad agent is worse than having none at all.

I suppose I'm asking among my peers for how they address this themselves? What do you do to empower yourselves, and have you found agent relationships that feel something close to equal?