![]() ![]() Gary Marsh: Well, back in the mid-nineties. And it took 4 or 5 years before it really took off.įrom there, when did you get the idea of starting Actors Access? There were agents that went to bat for me and it was a slow process getting back and earning the trust of the studios that I wasn’t gonna just be selling this to actors on the street. And pretty early on, I had about 20 or so of the small agents in town that I was doing this for and each of them had given me $20 at the end of the week for doing this for them.Īnd about 6 months in, the studios cottoned on to what I was doing and I got barred from every lot in town on the same day. ![]() Put $20 in my pocket.Īnd at the end of the week, I show up to pick up my $20 from her and she said, “Oh, this is a great service you have and I’ve talked to a couple of agents who are friends of mine and they want you to call them.”Īll of a sudden I’m in business. And whatever studios I go to, I’ll carbon up my notes and all it’ll cost you is $20.” Well, she agreed and I now doubled my income. She said, “Where are you going next?” I said, “Well, I’m gonna go to FOX next.” She said, “Great, would you do it for me there?” And I said, “Well, if you give me $20, I’ll do it for the whole week for you. ![]() And there was an agent Mitzie McGregor, she wanted the script I was reading at MGM, she kept bugging me and to get her off my back, I told her I would carbon my notes for her. Gary Marsh: Well, there was an agent that wanted the script that I was reading pretty early on in the process, I’d only been doing it for my mom for about a month. ![]() When did you start servicing all of the casting directors? I’d say Breakdown Services and the guards would say, “Oh you’re here to fix the typewriter?” “Yup, that’s me.” So I came up with a name so that I could get on the lot because I thought it sounded like I was a repair guy. Back in the day used to be able to drive on the studio lots. You even came up with the name Breakdown. “And maybe as a result in people seeing you, you’ll get more roles, you’ll get more money.” So that’s how I started Breakdown. I need somebody to take notes and I’ll give you 20 bucks a week for gas.” Gas at the time was $.32 a gallon. I need somebody to go around the studios and read scripts for me to tell me what roles are available. And I always got fired from every job I was in because I would get an interview and I’d say, “Well, I gotta go on this interview.” And they’d say, “But, you’re supposed to work.” The interview was more important to me so my mom said, “Well, why don’t you go around for me and read scripts. Well I worked at McDonald’s, H&R fish, a box boy. As an actor, you’re an actor, you work jobs that allow you to go on interviews. I was an immigrant and both parents worked but there really wasn’t money to fund school. She worked a couple of years for a couple of small agencies and then she sort of struck out on her own.Īt 18 years old, I found myself graduated from Van Nuys high school. My mother had always been attracted to the business and she became an agent when I was 14 years old. Gary Marsh: After Camelot, I was 13 years old. How did you transition to being a day player to creating Breakdown Services? I did a lot of other stuff but it was all day work. Gary Marsh: I would say that my favorite role was as Tom of Warwick in Camelot. But I came here and I immediately started going to lessons and learning to be part of the acting scene way back in the 60s. My parents, did they just dragged me along. Gary Marsh: Yeah, I emigrated from Canada when I was 10 years old. And even better, he gives out some fantastic tips for those of us using Actors Access that I’m sure you’ll start to use right away. I recently talked to Gary about how Breakdown Services came to be and why actors shouldn’t get the breakdowns for themselves. I know I use and check out Actors Access at least once a day, and I’ve auditioned for a number of projects via that site. He’s tries to help make things easier for us. Gary started out as an actor, so he knows what it’s like to be pounding the pavement and that’s been a lot of the motivation behind some of the services he provides. And if you’re an actor, it’s a safe bet you’ve used one, if not all of them at some point in your career. 2 minute speech on a Famous personality in EnglishĪctors Access, Eco Cast and Showfax are just a few of the businesses under the umbrella of Gary Marsh‘s Breakdown Services. ![]()
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