James Marsden Quotes

I've made it very clear that I'm interested in voiceover work. I mean, I'm always looking for voiceover gigs. I love that.

I lived in San Francisco for about eight years and I did a lot of improvisation there. The improvisational world ruled the voice world in San Francisco, so I became a voice talent there and did a lot of commercials and worked all the time. But I never could break into animation.

I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security.

Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.

When you do voiceover it's such a fun job to be able to do. First of all, you can do it in your pajamas and you don't have to get dressed up for it.

There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.

Well, actually, I do the voiceover for Quentin Sands.

I had no intention of ever doing voice-overs. I wasn't opposed to them; I just didn't have any particular knowledge of how or why people do that.

I'm hoping to have a huge future in voice-overs. For years, people have said, 'I recognized your voice before I recognized your face!'

Thank God for voiceover work.

Voiceover is probably the toughest of all the markets to get into. Everybody wants to do it because it's again three to five hours work. You can roll in there with your bedroom slippers and robe on if you wanted to. And it's fun.

[Voice acting] is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do.

I love all the voiceovers I do. I can't remember them all, but I seem to do them all of the time. And there's nothing easier because you just stand and read the script, and you don't have to act the way actors do. You don't have to be made up and put costumes on.

Since we've done that type of work [ voiceover], we know how isolating it can be, and we wanted to make the actors more comfortable.

I want to do voiceover for animation, so I am looking to do something along those lines. So, my agent is looking for something in that area, and I think that would be a lot of fun.

I always knew that I wanted to do voiceovers as part of my career. I just kind of didn't expect it to take off the way it did. I couldn't be happier. I love the chance to play so many different characters every day.

American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

I've been called 'the voice actor.'

I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.

Once in a while there was some TV offer and I'd take it.

I haven't done much voice-over work, but I enjoy it. I'm hoping to do more in the future.

I've been able to work with some incredible voice talent, most of whom I grew up hearing in my favorite cartoons.

It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.

I love doing voiceover work.

Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.