My mother-in-law’s college roommate’s friend Barbara
Posted by Jen in Australia…
It so happens that my husband’s mother’s old college roommate is an agent in LA. It also happens that this agent used to represent an actress who was one of her favorite ever people and that actress now lives in Sydney. And… because the world is small and e-mail connects us, I met up with said actress, Barbara, for coffee. What a wealth of information I received. Barbara confirmed something I had been on the cusp of discovering myself: Australians don’t like the pushy American thing. Americans? Pushy? Come now. I mentioned to Barbara that my agent seemed a little concerned by my suggestion that I would be mailing headshots, resumes and letters of introduction to every casting director in town. In fact, my agent had told me not to do that but I was considering doing it anyway. How else would these casting directors know who I was and where to reach me? Was I just supposed to leave the casting directors alone and trust that my agent would be letting them know about me when the time is right? Yes. But shouldn’t I mail them things so that they have me in their files in case something comes up? No. Really? Yup. Hmmm. Does the fact that I still want to mail them my stuff after being told by two credible sources not to do so make me a pushy American? I thought so.
Elisabeth said,
April 15, 2008 @ 4:12 pm
Ahh, it’s complicated this expat thing, non? As an American who lives in France I want to whisper “Send them your resumes, Jen. Just do it.” Wait, pushy, me?