You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 78.

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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This is the second part of my interview with a very talented young voice actress, Grace Roleck.

You may have heard Grace's work in shows like Mulan 2, Final Fantasy Advent Children,

and as the voice of Lucy in the Charlie Brown special, Happiness is a Warm Blanket.

Grace has been voice acting since she was five or six years old, and is 16 at the time of this interview.

I was eager to get Grace on the podcast so she could share with all of my listeners what it took for her to become a successful voice actress at such a young age.

In the previous episode, Grace and I were discussing a feeling that almost all actors experience

nervousness.

Stage fright is a common problem that many actors struggle with.

However, Grace had suggested that it was possible to use one's natural performance anxiety

to achieve positive results.

So we begin this episode with Grace sharing with us what techniques she uses to help harness

her nervous energy and channel it in a constructive way into her acting.

And now the feature segment.

So what do you do then to channel that nervous energy into creative energy?

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