Robert Rankin Quotes

Nothing taxes an actor more thoroughly than a good audiobook.

In between that time, I've done book narrating, you know, books on tape for Dove Audio.

I know there's been a lot that's been said about animated voice work, as though it's 'you can do this in your jeans and there's no camera and no pressure there. It's no big deal. It's easy.' The truth is, it's really a great test: how deep is your ability is to access your imagination?

Yes, I have over the years done a lot of the audio books, which are just plain reading.

With voice-over, you have to pretend like you're three, except you can talk and read.

With voice overs... you're not thinking about the camera. So your voice becomes this thing that you can manipulate. And depending on the character you're doing, it's all concentration on your voice.

I know now that I want to do more voice-over projects. They really have the ability to transport you into the world of whatever movie it is you are working on.

With narration, you have to be very accurate with your voice. It's a good exercise to do.

For 'Barnyard,' I did the voice of a 'chick,' which was really a blast because I had to manipulate my voice to another pitch.

I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.

I didn't change my voice for 'The Boondocks.'

There's something in my voice tonally that's like a boy, so I started being able to do boy voices and to be known as having a naturalistic boy tone without pushing it.

I'm happy to do voice-overs. I always have a good time doing them. I like to explore vocal nuance and accents and different people, different personalities. In a way, it is a lot more freeing than having your face up there.

When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they have different voices.

Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor's dream because you get to play all the parts.

In my career, I have done more than a thousand voice-overs in commercials, cartoons, and radio shows, so I'm very familiar of my voice capabilities and its range.

Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that I was just going to do a voice. But I couldn't really approach it like that. To get Gollum's voice I had to play the character.

Really, voice-over is great. If it paid as much as on camera work, it's all I'd ever do.

I did a voice for Odo, but people don't recognize you by your voice.

You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice.

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

As a young actor, I would be invited to the CBC radio drama department to do voices for different characters, and I found that I could do quite a few of them. I wasn't a visual presence, and I found it easier to construct a voice from the written page.

I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is, every sound I can make has been harvested.

In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the poem sound like a real person talking.

I want to get into voice-overs.