An estimated 160,000 actors are members of SAG-AFTRA, the labor union for movie and TV performers. Unless they're among among an elite group of well-known stars, they remain unknown to producers, ...

Every great performance has to start with an amazing audition. To become the chosen one, actors must convincingly dive into character without the help of million-dollar sets or expert costars, ...

If this business is all about building relationships, a well-done pre-screen audition could be the key to starting great ones and even landing a particular role. But what is a pre-screen? Why should ...

A good audition is the perfect mix of performance, vulnerability, and pressure. Even after years in the game, most seasoned actors still feel nervous about auditions, but their past experiences shed ...

Here at IGN we occasionally like to showcase something from geekdom's rich history -- a pop-culture Time Capsule, if you will, that gives us a peek in to the past, perhaps providing a new appreciation ...

Not long ago, the actor and writer Tavi Gevinson got an audition for a movie—a supporting role in a comedy. Like most auditions nowadays, it was a self-tape. This was eight o’clock on a Wednesday ...