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In the world of acting, the actors are the commodity, and the agents are the sales people. An agent acts as a middleman between you and anyone who wants to hire you for your acting skills. (See Chapter 8 for more details about finding and working with an agent.)

Agents can

 Help you find an acting job

 Negotiate your contracts (hopefully to get you as much money as possible)

 Make sure that you get all the money owed to you, even if it comes from a rerun of a TV show you did 20 years ago

Even the best, most powerful agent in the world can’t get you an acting job. The best an agent can ever do is point you in the direction of the people who can hire you for an acting role. Don’t count on anyone but yourself to get your foot in the door and procure the acting role. No one will ever work harder for you than you.