Voice-over Artist Gifts

'I do great voice-overs.'

"When I grow up, I want to be a brilliant TV recapper."

"Bill did the voice-over for this commercial."

"I always knew I wanted to be a voice-over artist because, as a child, I was British."

Recording. You need to talk faster. We only have sixty seconds to record the side effects for this pharmaceutical commercial.

Joanna Lumley.

Clown teaches how to speak Jibberish

'How are the ventriloquist lessons going?'

"I'm sorry, we're looking for the voice of a spunky animated turnip and your reading is more fruit than vegetable if you understand what I mean."

"I love it when you use your 'All Things Considered' voice."

'Put some feeling into it. I can't tell the difference between the lion and the mouse.'

"If you insist on doing all the voices, Dad. Don't you think father bear should have a deeper voice than Goldilocks?"

Why you've never heard of Ricky Rat.

'We're out of earshot now, so you can drop the phoney, Oxbridge accent.'

'He has been like that ever since he had a small part in 'Finding Nemo'!'

It's more than a mike!

'I'm a voice over artist.'

"I don't like the tone of your voice. Mind if I tweak it a bit?"

The passing of a radio/tv personality.

'Thanks for buying the ventriloquism instructional tapes. You are now listening to tape number one...'

This is a voice recognition service...we reserve the right to cut you off if you have an irritating nasal sort of voice.

James Earl Jones

"I think I'd rather wait till Benedict Cumberbatch does the audiobook."

Morgan Freeman

Welcome to California. You may begin your Schwarzenegger imitation now

"I hope they read the fine print that the audiobook is to be voiced by Morgan Freeman."

Pay attention Mom. You're making the wolf and three little pigs sound the same.

Making an Audio Book: Quiet Please No Barking!!!

"I'm looking for a GPS with Morgan Freeman's voice. Maybe my husband will listen to it."

'You were up for the part, but we got ourselves a digitized actor who is just a little better looking, has a little better voice and does those action scenes a lot better.'

Ernest Borgnine

Virtual Magic Tricks

"Instead of careful interpretation of the prose, maybe try pronouncing even the most basic words like an insane person?"

"Cholesterol medicine commercial, Take 3. This time, try to sound less horrified when you say, 'May cause heart to explode through ears'."

"You'll agree then, Doug, the numbers don't sound quite so dismal when I use my Donald Duck voice."