For those who have never experienced a real agency...

For those who have never experienced a real agency this place probably seems pretty nice but I am surprised this place is still going, they get away by the skin of their teeth being a SAG franchised agency. They do not abide by the code of ethics to be part of it. A real agency does not offer acting classes or photographers, they are not allowed to do that. It is also not legal to tell clients what to do with their look or tell them to change it. But they did all that with me which is when I cancelled my contract with them. At first they were sweet and very eager to sign me but in the end they were very rude and unprofessional, in fact extremely egotistic. Pulling a do you know who I am kind of attitude. When I set my boundaries and stood my ground about not changing my look. I got how dare you talk to me that way I am an agent and you do as I say, you are just an actor. Attitude and self centered. Real agents don t do that. I know from experience. From someone who has lived and worked in LA on hundreds of sets with my own manager and a partner in a network with many agents, this place is unprofessional. For those who wanna stay in Phoenix, it s fine but they shouldn t be under the SAG-AFTRA franchise, and I wish I would of reported them to SAG a long time ago for doing what they did. They told me I failed when things ended, but they were wrong. I did much better without them and went way further then they could take me . It is always better to be yourself. Take this as a lesson like many others (and myself) don t let people tell you who to be and what to look like. If you want to be an actor then go to LA and get a real agency, all the other people I ve worked with have been nothing but nice and supportive and never cared what I did to my look because they know it s best to be yourself. If this agency had such a problem with it then it s because they don t have enough work out there and just want to use people.