Welcome to Agent Quotes, where the wisdom, wit, and insight of agents from various fields are celebrated and shared. Agents play a crucial role across diverse domains, from literary agents guiding authors through the publishing process to real estate agents helping individuals find their dream homes. Whether it’s navigating complex negotiations or offering invaluable advice, agents often possess a wealth of experience and knowledge that can inspire and enlighten others.
In this collection, we gather an array of quotes from agents spanning different industries and professions. These quotes encapsulate the essence of what it means to be an agent the dedication, passion, and expertise required to excel in their respective fields. From profound reflections on strategy and success to humorous anecdotes about the quirks of their professions, these quotes offer a glimpse into the world of agents and the unique challenges and rewards they encounter.
‘The Secret Agent’ remains the most brilliant novelistic study of terrorism as viewed from the blood-spattered outside. But ‘Under Western Eyes’ dares to leap inside – not only into the terrorist mind, but also into the troubled zone that divides West from East, ‘the autocracy in mystic vestments.’ Tom Reiss
I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim. Richard C. Armitage
Hell hath no fury like a hustler with a literary agent. Frank Sinatra
Consider this point. It is a main point of true wisdom. Whenever there is an execution of purpose, there must be an agent. Adoniram Judson
Had I listened to my agent, I’d be running around in tights, climbing buildings and stuff. Heath Ledger
But especially if you have the wrong people within your circle. Truthfully, at the end of the day, no one cares about you in this business whether they are your agent or your manager or your publicist. Heather Matarazzo
Being a Secret Service agent, I have an obligation not to disclose personal conversations and security details. But that doesn’t prevent me from speaking generally about foundational principles and the system of patronage and punishment I saw in the Obama administration. Dan Bongino
I did audition a lot. One’s agent is keen to get you into film and TV because there’s more money. I was always getting myself into commitments to theatre companies. Mark Rylance
I speak to my agent about great roles, and he’s like, ‘They are all going to Will Smith.’ Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness. Woodrow Wilson
You know, we don’t look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent. Leigh Steinberg
After ‘NewsRadio,’ I did say to my agent, ‘If I get another TV show, I’d want to do a drama.’ Then I got offered the part on ‘ER,’ and I was on that show for eight years. Maura Tierney
I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that. Alan Rickman
The booking agent had the audacity to take 10 percent, so we wound up with about $100 a week apiece. Gregg Allman
Acting was absolutely my first focus. I graduated high school in L.A., and two weeks afterwards, I moved to New York City, and I got a job in a mail room, and I got an agent, doing what actors do, with head shots and all the rest of it. David Cassidy
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Henry David Thoreau
In order for sensation to accede to the objectivity of things, it must itself be changed into a thing. The agent of change is language: the sensations are turned into verbal objects. Octavio Paz
Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according to certain laws, but whether this Agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers. Isaac Newton
I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I came home, I realised I’d have to have a serious stab at it. I didn’t have an agent and didn’t have the traditional drama school showcase, so I started a comedy group with a couple of friends. Mathew Baynton
The Holy Ghost is a comforter and a guide. But it is also a cleansing agent. That is why service in the kingdom is so crucial to enduring. When we are called to serve, we can pray for the Holy Ghost to be our companion with assurance it will come. Henry B. Eyring
My brother’s friend worked at a TV station, so we went in; the producer of a show asked if I wouldn’t mind taking some photos for his wife, who was a talent agent. Next thing I know, I’m enroute to the agency. Godfrey Gao
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs
My proudest moment was probably when my oldest boy finished law school and went on to become an FBI agent. It was just beyond my imagination that – with my background – my own son would become an FBI agent. Frank Abagnale
Now, more than ever, we need nature as a balancing agent. Richard Louv
I got a call from my agent saying you have an offer to voice a cartoon by the name of ‘My Little Pony.’ And that’s pretty much what went in my ear. So I asked him the three questions that actors always ask. I need to see the script, when and how much, which were legitimate questions. John de Lancie
It is flagrantly dishonest for an advertising agent to urge consumers to buy a product which he would not allow his own wife to buy. David Ogilvy
I like the ‘Blackwell’ adventure games, and I’m fond of some of Telltale’s games, like ‘Hector’ and ‘Puzzle Agent’ – simple stories, but fun. I thought ‘Heavy Rain’ was amazing. Jane Jensen
Oh, I can keep many secrets, so I would be a phenomenal secret agent. I love secrets. Dwayne Johnson
As a proud former Secret Service agent, it’s tough to stand by and watch the agency struggle. Dan Bongino
I don’t know if I’d want to be a Secret Service agent. In the movies, it’s exciting and romantic and all that. Really, most of their job is standing in a hallway for 12 hours making sure somebody doesn’t come through a doorway off of a stairwell. Dennis Quaid
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. Christopher Knight
The cool part about working for Disney is that they’ve allowed me to be a change agent. Christy Romano
I didn’t choose ‘Silver Spoons’. I think my mom and agent chose it because at that time there was a lack of patience on some of the people that were in charge of my career. I think there was a big offer on the table, and I think they took it. Ricky Schroder
My agent said, ‘You aren’t good enough for movies.’ I said, ‘You’re fired.’ Sally Field
When I saw ‘Legally Blonde’ on Broadway, I rang my agent and said ‘I want to be seen for this,’ but the rest weren’t big choices, really. ‘Hedda Gabler’ was a phone call offering it to me, and as I’ve said before quite embarrassingly, I didn’t know the play, so I didn’t sit there thinking ‘I would now like to tackle Ibsen.’ Sheridan Smith
Before Jason Bourne, before Jack Ryan, there was Bond, James Bond, the original two-dimensional, world-saving secret agent. Alex Berenson
As a rookie, I worked with my agent and the training staff to figure out what diet works for my body naturally. Deshaun Watson
I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. Groucho Marx
Changes in our aesthetic tastes have no value or meaning in and of themselves; what has value and meaning is the idea of change itself. Or, better stated: not change in and of itself, but change as an agent or inspiration of modern creations. Octavio Paz
I was probably the first footballer ever to have a pop-star profile, and my agent was right when he said we could put my name on stair rods and sell them to people in bungalows. George Best
If an injustice requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter-friction to stop the government machine. Henry David Thoreau
I wasn’t sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions. Shannon Elizabeth
I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right. Imran Khan
Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings. Kathy Bates
An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make. Elton John
I went on an audition once for a show, and the feedback was to play an angry teen. My agent convinced me to try out. I was really bitter for a while, because it sucks when you don’t get good scripts after working on good quality. Alia Shawkat
You see a script, and you say, ‘Oh, I can play the heck out of that,’ talk to your agent, and he says they don’t want to see you. That’s heartbreaking. Rita Moreno
An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty. Richard Branson
Ninety-nine percent of the men and women of the FBI… are just professionals. I don’t want Americans, if an FBI agent knocks on their door, to have to be worried about well, is he a Democrat or a Republican? He’s an FBI agent. John Kennedy
I wanted to go to drama school, but when I got the part in ‘Falling,’ I got an agent, so it seemed a good idea to work. I always did a lot of singing and dancing, so I am glad it worked out that way. I would like to study stage acting at some point, though. Florence Pugh
I was at a point where I couldn’t find an agent or a manager, and I said, ‘Okay, Lord. If this is what you have for me, I need you to work that. I need you to open doors.’ I was at that point of truly surrendering whatever my will was, and, ‘Lord, if this is what You want, You do it.’ And, He did it. Deborah Joy Winans
An agent said he didn’t know what to do with me, I wouldn’t be able to play any parts but lesbians and aliens. Allison Janney
I’m in awe of the universe, but I don’t necessarily believe there’s an intelligence or agent behind it. I do have a passion for the visual in religious rituals, though, even though they may be completely empty and bereft of substance. The incense is powerful and provocative, whether Buddhist or Catholic. David Bowie
The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent Agent. Isaac Newton
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: ‘No, no, no. You have to write a book with your husband.’ My husband is a writer of crime novels. His name is William Gordon. And so I had to accommodate to his style because that’s what he writes. So we decided we’d give it a try. Well, we almost divorced. Isabel Allende
I had a scholarship to Stanford because I won three California Speech tournaments. Before I started Stanford, I told my mother I wanted to take a bus into Hollywood and see if I could get an agent. Stan Freberg
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent. William Shakespeare
I think my mom drove by a nuclear power plant when she was pregnant. But I wouldn’t be in ‘The Station Agent’ if she hadn’t. Peter Dinklage
The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true. Hedy Lamarr
No one guided me through it, but here is how it happened: I was in New York doing a play, and an agent got in touch with me and said he wanted to take me out for lunch. In the theatre, they never want to take you out for lunch, so I thought, ‘Yes!’ I went, I ordered steak, and he told me he thought I should write for TV. Tanya Saracho
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. Sun Tzu
By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth. Yukio Mishima
Acting was something I always really wanted to do and, when I left school and was old enough to get an agent, ‘Coronation Street’ was, like, the thing to get into. Suranne Jones
Before I had an agent, I tried to apply for Spotlight membership and was rejected more than once. Rose Ayling-Ellis
No matter how old and glorious the models, sad indeed is the woman who sees fashion as a means of self-expression rather than an agent of social control. Julie Burchill
Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world… Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
I’m not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I’m not. I’m a peacemaker. Feisal Abdul Rauf
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. Henry Adams
When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and my agent sent me out. It was just a commercial for ‘Harry Potter.’ That was the first thing I ever went out for and I got the ‘Harry Potter’ commercial which was really cool, but I didn’t play Harry Potter. Alexander Ludwig
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. Walter Bagehot
I had my heart set on becoming an English teacher, but stumbled into acting after meeting a theatrical agent in my dad’s restaurant in San Diego. Charisma Carpenter
Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in ‘Star Wars.’ John Boyega
My agent said the part was that of an eccentric old grandfather-come-professor type who travels in space and time. Well, I wasn’t that keen, but I agreed to meet the producer. Then, the moment this brilliant young producer, Verity Lambert, started telling me about ‘Doctor Who,’ l was hooked. William Hartnell
When I was starting out, young actresses had the studio system to protect them. Now you have a host of sharks, from your agent to your publicist to your lawyer. Francesca Annis
For your soul’s sake, invoke the agent of change called risk, which ensures that things will not be the same tomorrow as they are today. All real change requires risk. Debbie Ford
Wildlife crime goes well beyond just a threat to endangered species but also has impacts on our society, economy and security. It undermines efforts to uphold the rule of law, acts as an agent for corruption, creates a barrier to development and fuels global instability. David Lidington
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. John Adams
‘Ex Machina’ was the first film I’d auditioned for. I didn’t have an agent. Sonoya Mizuno
Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script. Anthony Hopkins
I worked on ‘Always and Forever, Lara Jean’ for a few months before I breathed a word of it my editor or agent. Jenny Han
I had just screen-tested with the director for another prince for a Disney project. I won’t say which one, but I’d kind of been through the process with that – and I was so gutted that it didn’t work out. I said to my agent, I’m swearing off princes for a little bit.’ Nicholas Galitzine
Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent. Jonathan Sacks
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything. Ramakrishna
I definitely have a real frustration with the media, especially having dealt with them as an agent. Dan Bongino
Rock Hudson let his gay agent marry him off to his secretary because he didn’t want people to get the right idea. Anthony Perkins
I was filming ‘Father Brown’ when my agent told me about the audition. As soon as I heard the words ‘Line of Duty,’ I was so excited. Claudia Jessie
Donald Trump’s a change agent. So am I. Ron Johnson
I finished my junior year of high school and flew out to Los Angeles. I didn’t know the difference between a manager and an agent. But I got here and just started hustling and meeting anyone I could. Jake Paul
I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there’s a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my – three of my four uncles had prostate cancer. Hamilton Jordan
If you want to send a manuscript, send it to an agent. And send a letter first, asking permission. Launch it into the real world of cold-blooded commercial response, not into the fantasyland of wishful thinking, cowardice and surrender to Resistance. Steven Pressfield
I played sports. The acting thing was just a direct blessing from the Lord, because I lost my discipline to play sports, and I had this really cool professor grab me and kind of take me under his wing, and the ball just started rolling. Another professor introduced me to my first agent, and the next thing you know, I got to start doing films. Omar Benson Miller
If I wasn’t an actor, I’d be a secret agent. Thornton Wilder
I’ve been called a spy of Israel since 1996, and since I made my documentary film in 2000 the FBI has investigated me as an agent of Iraq. The FBI has also opened up an investigation into my wife calling her a KGB spy. Scott Ritter
I would love to retire a Raider, but I have earned the right to be a free agent. Richard Seymour
I’d be a terrible secret agent. I can’t keep a secret and I’m not sneaky. Katherine Heigl
The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It’s nothing fancy – just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor. Kate Klise
I take a lean-startup approach: creating agile, interdisciplinary teams that get the minimum viable product to market as soon as possible. It’s my job to be entrepreneur-in-residence, an internal change agent. Todd Park
Let’s face it: we live at a time when government is less and less powerful, less and less effective, and the agent of social change, at least for the immediate future, is the corporation. Tibor Kalman
I laugh at it now, but one time I had an agent tell me I would never work in TV if I didn’t get a nose job. People tell you to change yourself to fit into the L.A. scene, but the advice usually doesn’t make any sense. The next agent told me my nose was great! Amanda Righetti
My father, Anthony, was a textile agent who sold fabric in the West End and was away a lot. He was very glamorous. When he first met my mum, he swept her off into this big, social world. Lisa Jewell