"YOU, TOO, CAN PREPARE FOR THE AGENT INTERVIEW" BY BRIAN O'NEIL (BACKSTAGE, OCTOBER 8, 2009)

Question 1: "'Tell me something about yourself.' ... tell the agent whatever you decide you want him or her to know about you... you get to control the interview... prepare a seemingly off-the-cuff but well-thought-out presentation with a beginning, middle, and end. It should last less than one minute ad be a combination of personal and professional. Your presentation might include where you are from originally, where you went to college, and where you trained, and it may conclude what you are up to professionally at this very minute. Period. No rambling."

Question 2: "'Which casting directors know your work?'... Your list should be presented in descending order of whoever knows you best. Ideally then, you should start the list with the names of any casting directors who have been instrumental in your having been hired-- and what it was that you were hired for. Next, mention those casting directors who have given you callbacks-- and what the callbacks were for. Last on the list should be casting directors who've seen you in performance or whom you've auditioned for only once."

Question 3 (the most dreaded): "'How do you see yourself?'... concise-- presentation of the kinds of roles that you believe you are most realistically suited for at this time."

" ... make sure you have monologues and/or songs ready at all times."