You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery episode number 71.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

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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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This is the fourth and final part of my interview with my good friend, the incredibly talented

voice director, Andrea Toyas. Andrea works for Blizzard Entertainment, and has voice directed on

such high-profile titles as World of Warcraft Cataclysm and Diablo 3. We first met while

working on Diablo 3, where I played the voice of the male wizard.

We've admired each other's work ever since.

As we wrap up our discussion, Andrea talks about what it took for her to develop her fantastic directing skills.

She also recounts how challenging it was for her when she tried her hand at acting.

Her experiences in acting class increased her

appreciation for the craft of acting immensely. She also shares with me her final advice to voice

actors and why the skill she is looking for in people who audition for her is called voice

acting and not voice reading.

And now the feature segment.

And did you learn all of these wonderful instincts about directing that I love complimenting about?

Did you pick this up over those eight years in the trenches as you were sort of working on

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