PICTURE a Hollywood agent powering to a power lunch. “Entourage” has done it for us: an expensive convertible, an iPhone and dialogue devoted equally to schmoozing and screaming.

But for Erwin More, an actual talent agent whose clients include film and television actors whose names you’d recognize in a second, traveling for work is closer to a clip from “Roman Holiday.” He rides his Vespa through the midsection of Los Angeles every sunny workday, from his home in manicured Hancock Park to the Paradigm Agency’s offices in Beverly Hills.

And when he has to take in a meeting outside the area, Mr. More is far less likely to climb into his automobile than he is to strap on a helmet and rev up his scooter, an LXV 150.

“About three years ago, I accidentally-on-purpose mentioned to my wife that I wanted a Vespa, and she surprised me at Christmas,” said Mr. More, 52. “I love it. It was a life-changing experience.