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Turning Debilitating Nervous Energy into Empowering Strength

Turning Debilitating Nervous Energy into Empowering Strength

Advice Casting Directors The Industry
August 25, 2025

It’s completely normal to feel nervous when auditioning for a role. After all, you want that role, and when something matters to you, all kinds of physiological triggers can ...

Acting Up: Amy Madigan

Acting Up: Amy Madigan

Acting Journeys Casting Networks News The Daily Roundup Your Career
Six Myths About Acting That You Need to Stop Believing

Six Myths About Acting That You Need to Stop Believing

Advice Art of Acting Filmmakers & Creators Your Career
Casting Alert: Teen Soccer Players for Movie, Plus Gourmet Popcorn & Men's Body Product Commercials

Casting Alert: Teen Soccer Players for Movie, Plus Gourmet P...

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Variety

Hayes Warner Joins Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Shards’ at FX

Hayes Warner has joined Ryan Murphy’s adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel The Shards as a series regular.

IndieWire

Casting Directors Pick the 6 Best Cast TV Shows of 2024-2025

Emmy-nominated casting directors celebrate the work of their peers from across 2025.

TVLine

Who’s Out? Who’s In? TV’s Major Casting Moves For Fall

Fire Country, Chicago Fire, Emily in Paris and Wednesday all will be missing familiar faces when they return from their hiatuses, whereas For All Mankind, House of the Dragon, Euphoria and others have welcomed new members to their respective ensembles.

Deadline

David Corenswet’s ‘Superman’ Audition Self Tape Goes Viral: “Just Oozes That Superman Vibe”

A self tape video of the actor reading his lines has recently gone viral, showing how he landed the role of the Man of Steel in the James Gunn-helmed blockbuster.

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Diverse group of actors reading the script of a play together.

Turning Debilitating Nervous Energy into Empowering Strength
Advice Casting Directors The Industry

Acting Up: Amy Madigan
Acting Journeys Casting Networks News The Daily Roundup Your Career
A woman acting on stage, dispelling an acting myth she heard.

Six Myths About Acting That You Need to Stop Believing
Advice Art of Acting Filmmakers & Creators Your Career

Casting Alert: Teen Soccer Players for Movie, Plus Gourmet Popcorn & Men's Body Product Commercials
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Severance casting director Rachel Tenner smiling indoors in a black blouse with a silver leaf pattern.

Rachel Tenner Reveals the Casting Process of 'Severance'
Casting Directors Casting Insights The Industry
Model and actress Aconda Williams outside looking fierce in a pink hoodie and a white Puna shirt.

How Aconda Williams Booked a Foot Locker Commercial and Got Her SAG Card | Success Story
Acting Journeys Success Stories Your Career
A theater actress sitting in the dressing room studying the script and getting into character.

The Importance of Emotional Preparation
Advice Industry 101 The Industry
Casting Director Sarah Cayce on set in a denim jacket watching actors perform and audition.

Sarah Cayce's Audition Advice: 'Be Ready to Collaborate'
Casting Directors The Industry
Collage of casting director Shaheen Baig, a video camera and the How We Role podcast logo on a light blue backdrop.

How to Break the Mold & Get Cast with Emmy-Nominee Shaheen Baig ('Adolescence') | 'How We Role'
Casting Directors The Industry
Theater director on a dim theater stage talking to the actors.

5 Things No One Tells You About Directing
Advice CDs & Reps Filmmakers & Creators
Jeannie Bachrach smiling in a white dress with flowers.

Jeanie Bacharach on Her 'Dying for Sex,' 'Black Mirror' Double Dose of Emmy Noms
Casting Directors Casting Insights The Industry
Bharatanatyam dance theater depicting Goddess Durga performed in traditional Indian saris.

How South Asian Culture is Changing the Landscape of the Entertainment Industry
News and Trends The Industry
Actress recording an audition in a brick apartment with her reader and cameraman off to the side helping her.

Why it Matters to Have a Great Reader for Self Tapes
Advice Auditions Your Career

Casting Alert: True Crime Series, Plus Kitchenware Cryptocurrency, Pet Supplies and Tourism Commercials
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Casting Director Shaheen Baig standing and smiling in a garden with a black outfit.

Shaheen Baig Reveals Casting Insights into Netflix's 'Adolescence'
Casting Directors Casting Insights The Industry 
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