Agent Quotes

The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

Even a secret agent can't lie to a Jewish mother.

My agent was ambitious for me. But going out and chasing it? No, I'd rather work in my vegetable garden or play with my kid. I guess I'm kind of boring.

Had I listened to my agent, I'd be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff.

What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in.

I didn't have any agent; I've never had an agent.

When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract.

There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise. I wanna play his brother in something - so call my agent!

Rove and his attorneys can parse the words all they want, but it is now clear that while Rove may not have given a reporter Plame's name, he clearly identified her by telling the reporter that Joseph Wilson's wife was a CIA agent.

Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.

I don't know if my agent will be upset but I quoted him saying that he would jump out a window if I turn down another project.

My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I wanted to do until high school, when I started taking theater and really liked it. Then an agent found me and wanted me to come out to Los Angeles and give it a shot. I gave myself six months, but it only took me like a week to get a job.

As an actress, you're already disregarded for a lot of the parts by the people who are setting up those shows. You don't need your agent to be doing the same.

I was a prosecutor and an FBI agent for many, many years.

I don't even have an agent or manager, but rather have a number of associates who I turn to when needed; or conversely when they hear of someone looking for me they'll contact me.

After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week.

Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.

Rock Hudson let his gay agent marry him off to his secretary because he didn't want people to get the right idea.

If did go back to school, I would want to learn another aspect of the entertainment industry like to become a producer or an agent, you need a law degree.

My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'

Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings.

I had a traditional interview based on a phone call from an agent. He says there's a show and they would like to see you and its called Dallas. With very little knowledge I go over to this meeting at Warner Brothers.

We had gone out on the road in 94 and 95 for a three month American tour, and we realised, as did our manager and booking agent at the time, that we have really exhausted it, and we can't make money at this anymore.

When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much.

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time.