Child Photo Magazine Issue 01, Fall 2016 | Page 75

What if it was the actual director? You You’re done. Not only that, everybody
don’t know who it is!
talks.
I’ve had parents get into a fight with
somebody in the parking lot and have
them walk in and it’s the director or the
casting director. I’ve seen that happen
as well. So be nice to everybody.
You really have to be a people person
to be successful in this industry.
You do. Or you ‘ve got to just sit back
and zip your mouth. Let your kid do it.
Don’t overly coach your kid. Don’t be
mean. We’ve seen it all happen.
How often do you see the parent actually ruin the opportunity for the kids?

Everybody knows everbody, right?
Everybody knows everbody. We had a
parent go in and have a meeting with
one manager and told her “Yeah that
sounds great” and then went to go meet
with another manager without telling
the first manager that she wasn’t going
to sign and within a few minutes later,
we’re already calling going “how come
you didn’t tell, I didn’t realize…” And
she’s like “How did you know that?”
Well, everybody knows everbody. It is a
very, very small circle. And people talk.
Nothing gets past anybody. And once
you’re on the black list, it’s really hard
to back on [the good list].

All the time. All the time. The kids
that we drop or the kids that are hav- Well thank you so much and we will
ing problems are because of the parent. just definitely stay in touch.
Or a parent will fire off a mean email
to a manager or an agent. And that’s it. Thank you.

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