I Know That Voice Page #3

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biography you ever hear.

Broke, lonely,

and no future in sight,

fame was right around

the corner.

And then they go to commercial,

then we come back

and they're famous.

Wait a minute!

I wanna know what they did

those mornings

when they couldn't

get out of bed.

What did you do then?

What did you do then?

I keep having

this recurring dream,

same thing, that I'm walking

down the street

and it says "fame"

and as I get closer

the street just keeps

getting longer and longer

and further away from me.

Just know that it's

a profession.

It needs to be taken seriously.

You gotta, you know,

have fun and never grow up,

but at the same time

you gotta really be where

the major markets are

and you need to have

access to the material.

And there's no right

or wrong way to do that,

it's your own journey.

You can't use

someone else's journey.

It's your own thing.

I slept my way

to the top, you know?

It's rampant

in this business, you know?

Before you move

to the big market

I think it's wise to

build up two things:

You need to build up your

well-deserved confidence

by doing professional

live performing

of whatever kind you want.

The other thing

that you gotta have

is you also have to

earn your armor.

You have to have uh,

a degree of armor to deal

with all of the rejection

that you're going to get

as an actor.

It's a huge commitment

to pursue

anything in the arts.

First thing I tell people is,

'cause everyone

will say, you know,

"I think I can

make some money at this. "

Never do anything

in this business for money.

Gotta do it because you get

a high at the microphone.

I took voiceover classes.

My animation guru, I mean,

off and on for 10 years

was Daws Butler.

The revolving door of talent

in Daws' class,

Nancy Cartwright, Corey Burton,

Greg Burson, Mona Marshall.

Daws.

I mean, he was brilliant.

When you look at

a piece of copy,

he was talking

commercial copy, of course,

you have to really,

even if it's a line or two

you have to be able

to pick it up and see

"What is this character?

Who is she?

What's the frame of reference?"

Okay, look at that

piece of copy.

Who's that speaking?

So, perhaps, if she's

a woman of elegance,

you know, you might have

some of that oral

happening there.

And if uh, you know,

she's really tight assed

you might have

a little bit more

of an oral nasal.

Then, you know combination

of that well it'll

then get you into

being, you know,

maybe somebody

who's kind of shy.

Project bad tidings.

Obviously it's the first step

to a successful career

in voiceover is you go

right to the steel mill.

You know, as soon as you're 18

you get a job on a blast

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