You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 58.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

Voiceactingmastery.com is your place to learn both the skills and the mindset you need to become a professional voice actor, even if you're just getting started.

In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games, and beyond.

And now here's your host, Voice Actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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For this episode, I wanted to continue answering questions from my podcast audience.

For those who may not be as familiar with the podcast, in past episodes I've given out a phone number where you can call in and leave me a question about voice acting as a voicemail.

From time to time, I'll pick the most relevant questions I receive and answer them here on the podcast.

Let's get started.

Let's answer some questions from you, our listeners.

Hello, Kristen. My name is Matt. I am from Duluth, Minnesota. I am a huge fan,

longtime listener, first-time caller. I've always wanted to say that. Anyway, I had a question concerning type. I know that once you determine what your type is, it kind of becomes your bread and butter,

and you sort of use that to determine what role you go out for and so on and so forth.

My question is, what do you do if you want to expand your type? If you feel you can play something unbelievably

that you feel you can do well, how do you go about getting people to see that you can also

play this other type? That's very much, Kristen. Keep up a good word. Bye-bye.

That's a fantastic question, Matt. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to answer it. In both this

podcast and in my classes with my students, I stress over and over again how important it is to know which

characters suit your voice the best. I call this your character type. If you want to work as a

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