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Originally posted by Roderick Usher
A manager is easier to get than an agent. An one of the things they can get for you is and agent.
Agents are plugged into the studio system and have the ability and legal authority to negotioate legal contracts on your behalf.
A Manager's job is more nubulous. A Manager typically works as a mediator, a guy/gal who introduces you to "the right people" while taking a more active role in guiding your career than an Agent.
In my case, I have a lawyer, manager and agent - each one's job is slightly differentiated, but there is also a great deal of crossover.
you certainly don't need both, but yuo do need one in order to get your scripts read by anyone.
No one in this town takes unsolicited scripts.
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Okay, so let me see if I got this down.... (For the sake of ease, I'll use Entourage characters even though I haven't seen anything but the first season.)
Vincent is the movie star. He basically stands in front of the camera and recites his lines.
Eric is sorta like the manager. He offers him advice and hangs out with him alot at social functions.
Ari (1 of the best characters in television history) is the agent. He actively goes out and solicits studios to give Vincent roles.
Is that about right? I guess to me, it seems like the manager is very extraneous and if you already have an agent, would be unneeded, but maybe there's some element of what they do that I'm missing. Id' be hard pressed to justify paying a guy 10% if all he's doing is introducing me to people but then again, I'm not in Hollywood and from what I un derstand it's a lot more of who you know than what you know.
I have heard that unsolicited scripts generally get returned unopened so as to protect the studios from possible theft lawsuits.