After another 'unsuccessful' self tape, a client said that maybe they are 'not destined for TV.' I encouraged them to keep the faith. Today I get an email booking them for a TV role - a different role than they had taped for 💖
So, I remind you, dear friends:
#keepthefaith
Gx
In tears this morning after auditioning someone who said we were their dream agent because of the positivity we share <3 🥹🥰 Imagine hearing that after such a short time in the business <3 Gx
Is there anything greater for an agent than having a client burst into tears of joy at their day job that they can now quit because they've been booked for a fabulous job? 🥰 Gx
A client sent me a voicenote last week saying their recall had gone 'terribly' as it was so quick.
Today, they were in wardrobe and makeup for that role! The director said, 'What you did was perfect & exactly what we wanted.'
Please drop the 2nd guessing & have faith in you. Gx
I often leave voice notes for my clients often about work, but also sometimes just to check in. A client was listening to his voice notes yesterday and his fellow cast member asked who it was. They couldn't believe we swap voice notes; yet the communication makes my day 🥰 Gx
Life can change in an instant. If you are feeling meh, know this. Something happened last night so unexpectedly that I have spent the whole night going, 'I am magic!' 🥰 Well, guess what? You are magic too. Keep the faith and the magic will find you 💖 Gx
When you get a self tape from your actor concerned that he's 'not a comedian' and you spend the entire 2 minutes in stitches. Trust yourself, beautiful people. You wouldn't be with us if we thought otherwise 💖
You never know what is going to happen! One client was turned down for a job yesterday. Today; received an email today saying they are first choice for another project.
#keepthefaith
💖 Gx
Received a self tape from a client that was good, but I asked them to retake with some minor adjustments. It was then perfect, and I said thank for making so much effort. They've just replied with, 'You make it easy to be all in' 🥺 and now my heart is full 🥰 Gx
I just met with an incredible actor, and you know what? She didn't even realise it.
Tell yourself every day, 'I am magic!' If you don't believe it, begin more gently. For example, 'Every day I embrace my magic more and more.'
It won't take you long to feel it. Gx
#actors
if you are
#seekingrepresentation
I would encourage you to include your
@SpotlightUK
link in your bio, or pin it in a tweet. Check your DM's regularly and your emails often. Agents do actively seek people of types and casting ages they may be missing from their books. Gx
Just held my first audition over Zoom for a superbly prepared actor in The Netherlands. You may think that a laptop + hundreds of miles would be a barrier to a performance, but no! I was utterly mesmerised. My darlings, when you are willing to reveal all of you I will feel it all
#actors
Remember that you are a professional business. Make wise business choices. Consider the distance to rehearsals if not paid for rehearsals and so on. Do not let your desperate desire to act cloud your business sense. Have healthy boundaries and be discerning. Gx
What depth the actors I am auditioning over 40 are bringing. Honestly,
#castingdirectors
their wealth and richness of characters; their skill and comic timing has my heart full of appreciation <3 What would it take to elevate their visibility in the industry, I wonder?
Yes, the first thing I do when I wake up is check if any castings have come in: I am that sad 🙈 - or enthusiastic if you will 😂
It is 7am and I have already submitted 2 actors for jobs 🥰 Now to walk the dog. Gx
Last night I had a meeting with one of my actors. She asked what she could do to help herself. We spoke about her interests & online business, etc. I made more notes on her casting file. Thirty mins later I submitted her for a job: today she was asked 2 self tape
#keepthefaith
Gx
'Why is she tweeting about an actor from another agency?' I hear u ask.
Well,
@johncraggsactor
is an actor who is a constant support to people in the industry. He is also a fine actor in his own right, and is repped by
@LGAAgency
who has been incredible to us. So that's why! Gx
I was wondering if we would enter the New Year with a self tape request, but no; we just received an in-person audition instead.
What a lovely way to begin to say farewell and thank you to 2023 and 'welcome' to 2024! 💖 Gx
I formed a WhatsApp group for my actors and as I added more, they began to say hello to each other and then began sending pics of their animals. Their community spirit and joy is giving me life 🥰 - Glynis
Remember that car crash during yesterday's audition? I mean a literal car crash! 🙈 We just heard that my client got the part. It's a secret role, so I can't share yet, but I am so happy for him. Gx
1st exciting news in our 3rd year in business!
#VellaWozniak
is gaining a
#London
base from today! It's a big exciting move and I can't wait to see as many of my lovely clients and casting friends as possible! Hx
On this
#InternationalWomensDay
I want to celebrate my business partner and friend
@glyniswozniak
! There is nobody I would rather have built this business with and seeing where we've come from almost 2 years ago to where we are now makes me so excited for the next stage! Hx
What if you thought nothing was happening and then suddenly you got an amazing offer? We do not know what is working for us behind the scenes, so keep the faith; give up the fight and start to flow 💖 Gx
Just finished my last audition for the day for actors seeking representation and I just want to say, Thank you all for being so beautiful in all your shapes and sizes and diversity.😍
If you have any time off this festive season use it 2 check your
@SpotlightUK
Do you have your skills listed? Short audio clips of your accents? A showreel with others instead of a monologue reel? Decorate it 2 show your best self without cluttering it.
#spruceyourspotlight
🎄 Gx
Loving this note from a
#castingdirector
'Please do let your clients know that we will remember them next time we cast and they are suited to a role.' Showing how great it is to even be seen.
When I first became an agent, I was sure agents must see each other as competition. The support I hv received - esp since going solo - is phenomenal & I am so grateful. Many agents hv helped but I esp loved a video call this morning from
@talent_ap
'Are you working or not?' 💖 Gx
Wishing the happiest of birthdays to my wonderful business partner
@glyniswozniak
, who celebrates and brings the best out of her clients every single day and without whose passion and dedication we could never have gotten this far and enjoyed the success we have! Hx
As an agent, I am coming across more and more actors with depression and mental health conditions. To help me understand better, please advise what tools you use to support yourself; especially during your performance schedule. Gx
A shout out to all the non-actor wives, husbands, parents, siblings, children and friends who serve as reader for their loved ones. I see you. I honour you, and I appreciate your work <3 Gx
It's a little heartbreaking at times to come across so many wonderful actors knowing we can't take them all. I genuinely appreciate why people give up if they feel unseen.
The more I meet and talk with my actors, the more I see their magic and their magnificence. And if ever they falter in their self-belief, mine in them never fades 💖 Gx
2.45pm: 'It's a shame Production didn't get back to us when they said they would,' said a client. 'They will, I'm sure. Keep the faith,' I replied.
Three hours later: 'We'd like to make an offer!'
If I told you I had tears in my eyes in Asda car park, I would not be lying 🥺 Gx
Guess where I was today? At the theatre! I mean, I was at home, on Zoom, auditioning actors all day...yet they were so amazing, I felt I was at the theatre <3 I was moved, and I laughed. Superb choices of monologues and total sources of magic and professionalism <3 - Glynis
Birthday happies to my beautiful client
@ALLINACERNI
💐 Allina is near Bologna in Italy; speaks fluent English and is a stunning performer with the added skill of being a ballet teacher and wonderful dancer 💝 Gx
I just grabbed my phone to say thank you to the company that auditioned two of my team yesterday, but they got there first with an offer 💖
Now, I know that this actor works late in a bar, so imagine waking up to that news 🥰 Gx
Happiest of birthdays to us! 2 years ago today
#VellaWozniak
became
@SpotlightUK
accredited and we officially began this exciting journey!
Thank you to all our lovely clients and the amazing CDs we have the honour of working with every day, here's to the next many years! 🎉🎉
I am always saying, 'The self tape is the job' as the CD will remember you.
Just had a direct approach for a client to tape for a project. They can't do it, but it just shows that you are memorable. Please believe in yourself. Gx
Last June, I signed
#chrislewis
- a beauty of a man inside & out. Chris wasn't on
@SpotlightUK
then; yet he offered so much heart in his audition, I knew he would be. I am thrilled to say that Chris is now on Spotlight and ready to be submitted for all those yummy
#castings
🥰Gx
Just had a lovely call with a producer to say a client's scene was cut in an episode for a television series, but my client learned loads and thoroughly enjoyed the experience with this great team on top of getting paid, so what an amazing win. Gx
A sigh for one of my clients this morning; yet worth noting the numbers: they got to the final 8 out of 2500 applicants. That's some numbers!
#keepbelieving
Gx
How delicious 2 have my own PA yesterday in the form of Kenji Wozniak-Ledger, my son. As I drove to Manchester, I kept asking him 2 check my emails for castings. I told him who to submit 4 each role (it's a really good feeling knowing my clients really well) and how
#somuchfun
Gx
Today, I performed my Mrs Claus cabaret in a care home and one lady had a beautiful soprano voice. So, I gave her the microphone and she sang White Christmas. Then she got emotional, and I got emotional, and at the end she asked to sing it again. My heart is full 💖 Gx
A year ago today we celebrated being officially
@SpotlightUK
registered and the beginning our supercharged journey!
Feeling grateful for our amazing team and clients,
#teamwork
really does make the
#dreamwork
! Hx
Remember, if you are an actor
#seekingrepresentation
ensure that your
@SpotlightUK
view pin is in your bio, or in a pinned tweet so we can check you out - and contact you! Gx
A client has just been invited to an in-person audition; yet they were really disappointed in their self tape and gave themself a hard time. If you can learn anything, learn the art of letting go and not to second guess the Casting Director. Be kind to you first 💖 Gx
I could cry with joy, but instead I will hug myself with glee. On the day we closed our books, we have had a mammoth amount of requests for self tapes for our clients. What a wonderful affirmation that we are doing something right <3 Gx
No agent likes to lose a client for any reason but when they leave with this, u know you've done all you could 🥰 Gx
'Thku 4 yr extensive efforts on my behalf especially when you read with me 4 a self tape. I felt I had a proper hands-on agent who gets involved & gives a crap.'
Just a reminder for actors
#seekingrepresentation
do have a link to your
@SpotlightUK
to help agents check your profile easily - and I wish you ease and joy in finding the right partnership. Gx
I had a call from a production company this afternoon who said it is heartbreaking to say no to the amazing people they see in auditions & self tapes.
It got me thinking - if you absolutely know you are good yet think you're not being noticed, please be assured that you are. Gx
Thank you to those who gave a different perspective to my tweet regarding applicants emailing at night. I often work very late, so do feel pulled to respond instantly. Having considered the points raised, I recognise that 'tomorrow' is something for me to work on
#boundaries
Gx
Such a busy day with so many castings coming in for so many of our lovely actors. In between auditioning more actors this evening, I had a catch-up with two of my fabulous actors. I am just loving the communication and the connection - Glynis
If u wonder why I'm so in love with my team, let me share 1 reason: I had a self tape request come in at 3pm with lines to learn. I sent the tape to the Casting Director at 4.30pm! 😭🥰
There will be many agents who have the same appreciation, but I had to share.
#impressed
Gx
I know at this crazy time of revealing unethical practices it can be disappointing, but honestly; please keep the faith. Most agents genuinely do care about you. Gx
Opened the day with a booking. Ended the day with a booking. And in the afternoon, achieved one of my goals - to have two of my clients in the same production. Feeling very blessed 💖 Gx
My fabulous client
#ClareEveritt
@Connors_Aunt
has been longing to hear about a job. Filmed locally with a director she yearns to work for, today I heard that she has got the part. Yes, this is me crying as I told her 😭😂🥰👏💐👏 Gx
Wakes up this morning thinking a client was going to get an audition. Several hours later they got that audition 🥰 Not saying I'm obsessed with work or anything 😂 Gx
Just emailed a client about a perfect role that I had submitted her for and she replied, 'Sounds perfect. Imagine it and let it go, right?' And now I'm beaming 🥰 Gx
In my 1 on 1's with my team we have been working on mindset. An actor just received a no from a self tape & they said: 'The old me would've been super sad that I didn't get the role, but I'm now looking forward to all the other possibilities!' And it has filled me with joy 🥰 Gx
Less than 3 months after being accepted onto
@SpotlightUK
our books are now closed with very strong clients with wide skills and diversity. There is always room for more diversity, so only if you do not see yourself amongst our clients, please email us.
#RepresentationMatters
Gx
Some agents have lots of clients & no time; yet lack of communication from agents is the biggest complaint I hear. I love 2 communicate & I love 2 connect so have a Zoom or chat with my actors regularly: it helps on so many levels. Tonight it was with the fab
@johnstonjamie20
🥰
Are you asking for enough in this life of yours? Visualise your dreams as if they are already in place, and connect with your magic and magnificence. You are so much more than you currently know. Gx
At 1.10pm
@valerieandrewsb
received a self tape request with a deadline of tomorrow! There were lots of lines to learn + an improv. Valerie is working tomorrow. She was also working today: it had to be filmed 2night! She got home at 7pm. It was edited & submitted at 10.10pm 👏 Gx
I really want to big up my team who, without fail, have submitted their self-tapes to me early every single time. I genuinely appreciate your professionalism and reliability: it makes a huge difference to casting directors <3 - Glynis
I am officially not working 2day. I'm checking clients' Spotlights; submitting new clients; creating a team folder with full details & going over new applications so I kind of am but I am not officially working & therefore claim the right 2 stay in my dragon onesie all day-Glynis
I took the afternoon off today as I suddenly have a rotten cold. Well, by *taking the afternoon off,' I mean that I put on my dragon onesie and fluffy dressing gown and submitted from my phone on the sofa instead of being at my home office desk 😂 Gx
It's 6.45
Feeling focused & alive
Typing up a newsletter
A working fiend; a go-getter
A call: at this time, a surprise
#HollyAllan
has won the prize
A booking 4 a TV part
What a fab feeling 4 my heart
I return 2 type now filled with glee
I love my job & clients, you see. Gx
I communicate regularly with my team. It is really important to me as helps me get to know them well. One of my team has been cast in a fab short film & the director has invited the cast to go bowling so they can get to know each other as the friends they'll be playing 🥹🥰🥹 Gx
What do you do when your client doesn't have a reader for their self tape? Get onto Zoom with them whilst they record themselves on their phone, of course! 😂 So much fun! Gx
A very very happy new year to everyone in our industry (clients, production/casting folk and all of you who make the world brighter) and across the world!
2022 was a year of building back, 2023 will be a year of progress! Hx
I went for an early morning walk in the warm sun. My soft boiled eggs were perfectly cooked. I had beautiful messages from my team; gorgeous self tape requests & auditions, and I am feeling utterly blessed for being in a job I love in an agency I love in an industry I love 🥰 Gx
25 years ago in Tokyo, this beautiful being I named Emerald, entered the world in a home water birth. She is a perpetual wonder to me and is the purest example of calm 💚 Gx
When you are going through big changes, have a team that has your back and believes in you because the support you receive will be unparalleled
#grateful
🥰 Gx
On 18th May 2022, I created a WhatsApp group for my team so clients could feel connected
@vwtalent
I woke up the next morning and everyone had introduced themselves and shared photos of their animals 🥺 My heart!! 🥰 Today as
@VellaWozMgt
it happened again. Talk about joy! Gx
What a spectacular end to a busy week with a mammoth amount of audition and self tape requests for such a diverse amount of jobs. It was so busy, I have ordered a takeaway. LOL! They are taking their time! 😂😭 Gx
To all the Casting Directors who download self tapes at this hour, and to all those who send out self tape requests at this hour, I appreciate your work, fellow
#nightowl
Gx
A little story.
You get a self tape. You learn your lines in an instant. You send the tape within the hour. Next day, the CD changes the brief, but they also appreciate your speed and brilliant tape.
I get the frustration, but keep believing in you & this magical art! Gx
Is there anything more frustrating for agents than seeing the most perfect casting for our clients; except they do not fit one criteria such as playing age, area, etc? We really do care for you, you know. Gx