This might be why you can't get an agent...with Brian Patacca

Actor Problems

Today's episode features Brian Patacca.

NOTE: If you're catching this in winter of 2025, Brian is once again hosting his popular masterclass Make Agents Want You LIVE!

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Brian helps actors get what they want without all the struggle. He’s helped 724 actors find representation and is even known as “The Representation Whisperer”.

Through his wildly popular online courses (Audition Magnet® and #agentgoals®) and entertaining podcast, Brian teaches actors how to market themselves authentically, use gratitude to open doors, and book the roles they were born to play.

His coaching clients include Tony Award-winners, Broadway stars, Series Regulars, filmmakers, writers, and stand-up comedians. He proves that when they follow their purpose instead of playing by a tired set of industry rules (read: limiting beliefs), they can skip the drama, generate momentum, and build excitement around who they are and what they love to do the mostest.

Brian is a graduate of Northwestern University, CTI’s Co-Active Coach Training Program, Marianne Willamson’s Teaching the Teachers – and on top of the training you’d expect a coach to have – Brian brings a spiritual and grounding approach to the bizniz rooted in his training as a non-denominational Reverend. Not only does he promise the how-to’s, he has zero doubt that acting is your divine birthright.

In this episode, we discuss....

• The 5 types of responses that agents can give to you when you submit

• When tracking becomes less helpful in our careers

• The confession I make publicly about Brian’s program “Agent Goals”

• When being “loyal” to an agent might be the wrong move

• The mindset to attract an agent or manager in any city in the world

• Why it’s okay that you apply to reps…but don’t necessarily believe that the process is going to work

• The importance of knowing who you are when you’re going about your submission process to reps

• When you may not want to take advice of agents, managers, or casting directors

• How to deal with dips and challenges in the industry when they come up

• A BIG thing that gets skipped when it comes to negative stories and headlines

Quotes from this episode…

"Submitting to reps should be a beginning and end…not this constantly cycle of reaching out."

"Acting is an artform that requires another human being."

"I think you also have known many an actor who has been with the wrong agent for way too long…and how easy and seductive it is and comforting to stay with the wrong agent for too long."

"I want an agency or manager that’s excited about the fantasy of your career."

"The reason that a lot of actors aren’t attracting the right agent is because they are not putting themselves out there in the right way."

"Let the industry do what the industry is going to do. You are gonna keep walking your path in the face of that…"

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