You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 138.

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Welcome to the second part of my interview with the amazingly talented and astoundingly accomplished, Keith Farley.

He's acted on stage, on screen, and in front of the microphone.

You may be familiar with his voice acting work as Thane Creos in the Mass Effect series of games,

the villainous Kellogg in Fallout 4, as well as Erupter

in the Skylander series of games. He's also voiced directed such influential shows as the Rugrats

for the animation studio Claskey Chupo. In addition, he's voiced directed such high-profile game

franchises as God of War, Call of Duty Black

Ops 3, and Final Fantasy 15. In the previous episode, Keith and I focused on the early

part of his career and how he broke into both voice acting and voice directing. In this episode,

we delve into what motivated Keith to become a performer in the first place.

We discuss Keith's obsession with storytelling and how serving the story is his first priority,

regardless of his position on a project, whether he is acting as a character, directing other

actors, or even writing the dialogue. We also talk about how he

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