You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 104.

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.

If you'd like to know more about me, feel free to check out my personal website at www.crispinfreeman.com.

In this episode, I want to impress upon you the importance of developing your acting skills

in front of an audience. Too often people approach me wanting to be voice actors, but they seem

disinterested in or afraid of performing in front of people. They think that voice acting is

somehow more private or safer than being a stage actor or performing in film and television,

and they are hoping this safety or privacy will make it easier for them to be a voice actor.

This misconception is quite common and can actually foster a mindset that can cripple one's ability to succeed in voice acting. So I felt it was important

to address it in detail. You see, what most of these shy but hopeful aspiring voice actors don't

realize is that in trying to avoid performing in front of an audience, they are actually

denying themselves something they critically need.

Without the feedback and response when gets from an audience,

an actor is just going through the motions,

shooting blindly in the dark,

unaware of whether they are communicating effectively.

Avoiding the audience is like trying to learn tango without a dance partner, or shooting hoops without a net, or playing tennis by yourself.

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