Slate It Till You Make It

Catherine Donnelly

The only commercial acting podcast dedicated to sharing industry insight, captivating stories and audition tips.

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Slate It Till You Make It

Episodes (68)

Nov 25, 2025 25 Reasons Why You Didn't Get a Callback...Even Though Your Tape was FIRE
Oct 28, 2025 Stop Playing It Safe: Booking Powerhouse Beth Fraser Spills Her Secrets
Oct 21, 2025 Casting Networks, Casting.com, and What Actors Need to Know Right Now

Slate It Till You Make It

Nov 25, 2025
18½ minutes
16 MB

As someone who’s booked over 50 national commercials and has spent the last decade deep in the trenches of commercial casting, it’s taken me a long time to learn one thing: you are almost never the reason you don’t get a callback. Most of the time it has nothing to do with you, your talent, or your tape. It’s the chaos behind the curtain — the brand, the agency, the director, the client’s cousin, the storyboard artist, the budget, the weather, Mercury retrograde… all of it. So today, I’m breaking down th...

Slate It Till You Make It

25 Reasons Why You Didn't Get a Callback...Even Though Your Tape was FIRE

Catherine Donnelly

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