Voice Over Tips & Insights
The First 3 Things to Do If You Want to Do VO (Spoiler: None of Them Are Buying a Mic)
Every week someone asks me: "Where do I even start with voice acting?" I have an answer. And it's going to surprise some of you — because none of these first three things involve buying a microphone, building a home studio, or recording a single audition. Here's where the real foundation gets built.
Voice Acting Myth: "It's Easy." (A Pixar Director Would Like a Word.)
"Hey, can I be a voice in your movie?" Pixar director Andrew Stanton says if he had a dollar for every time someone asked him that, he wouldn't need to work anymore. Voice acting is the one area of filmmaking where everyone assumes they're already qualified. Today we dismantle that myth — with a little help from a legendary director AND an Italian word you're going to want to remember.