“Your vocal signature is like your vocal fingerprint. “Honestly, anywhere you hear a voice? It was probably created by a human,” says Tara Platt, who wrote a book about the career with fellow voice actor Yuri Lowenthal. And even in an age of flashy video games, talking robots and films with computer-generated imagery, lots of clients still need a voice artist. It’s crucial for aspiring voice actors to perfect their actual acting skill, to take smaller gigs, and be willing to do less glamourous work such as corporate videos as they work their way up, according to the professionals. “So you have a lot of non-actors trying to pursue it.” “A misconception is that it’s easy because it’s just your voice,” says Sheh. She also says “it doesn’t matter what you look like – you get to play all kinds of characters.”īut many of them began careers as actors, and fell into voice acting – and they caution fans who want to follow in their footsteps. You need to make sure to have a lot of acting training: scene study, improv classes, and singing lessons to learn what your instrument can do.” Voice actors mention meeting fans at conventions who want to become voice actors themselves. “You have to know that’s all you want to do. “It’s really, really hard to break in,” says Strong. For example, Tara Strong has over 350,000 Twitter followers – she’s starred in animations like The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats, The Powerpuff Girls, as well as the Final Fantasy video game series. Now? The once-invisible performers lead panels in packed convention centres at events the world over, and can command massive social media followings.
He also runs a regular podcast on the voice acting industry. He’s a voice actor who’s starred in Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and both the ‘80s and 2010s version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. “It’s a pretty anonymous profession – or it used to be,” says Rob Paulsen.
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