Here’s an amazing interview with one of the greatest voice directors in America, Andrea Romano. Andrea’s resume is littered with some of the most popular cartoon series of all time including the original Batman, The Animated Series from the mid 90′s, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Teen Titans and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Andrea talks about some very important ideas to remember when approaching voice acting:

1. Her first question is always, “Is this person I’m thinking of casting a good actor?”
2. Her second question is, “Do they have voice over experience?”

Microphone technique and animation acting, you can teach in a very short time. I can’t teach acting in a four-hour recording session. Acting is something that they’ve got to bring to the table themselves.

That is why I stress so much that you must be a capable actor before you can be truly successful as a voice actor. No matter how much time you spend in the booth, recording on a microphone or polishing your voice, if you do not have the acting ability to support all of your wonderful technique, you won’t be able to bring a good performance to the project.

So do whatever you can to get more acting experience. Take acting classes. Join your local or school theater group. Get online and join a voice acting group. Whatever it takes to give you more opportunities to practice playing pretend as characters.

Enjoy!

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Greetings and welcome to Voice Acting Mastery, your home for insider information, tips and advice about how to become a master voice actor in the world of voice over! I’m your host, Crispin Freeman.

If you’re curious about me, you can check out my personal webpage where you’ll find my demos, resume, upcoming appearances and the classes that I offer in the Los Angeles area:

www.crispinfreeman.com

I decided to start this website in response to the the overwhelming requests I got from aspiring voice actors around the world who wanted to know how to break in to the world of voice over! While I offer a comprehensive set of classes on voice acting in LA, I had no way to reach my worldwide audience. Now I can!

I’m really looking forward to sharing my insights, tips, and experience with you. The first thing I’ll be doing is launching a podcast! I’m totally excited about having an opportunity to chat with you about all the different aspects of voice acting.

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