You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 152.

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In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks, and insider information to help 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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Welcome to the second part of my interview with the Emmy Award-winning voice actress,

Miley Flanagan. Miley is probably most famous for voicing the character of Naruto in the long-running

anime franchise of the same name. She also won an Emmy for her performance in the animated show

Jakers, The Adventures of Piggly Winks. Miley is an accomplished on-camera actress and comedian as well.

She is one of the few actresses who works almost equally in voice acting and on camera,

and I was excited to bring her on the podcast to share her experience with my listeners.

In the first part of our interview, Miley and I talked about how she broke into acting.

Although she joined an improv comedy group when she was in college, her primary focus in school was training to become a spy for the CIA.

After she graduated and was waiting for the CIA to give her an assignment, she connected with some of her fellow improv classmates and decided

to take a chance, form a group, and travel to Cape Cod to perform comedy for tourists over the

summer. That decision changed the path of her life. After that summer, she realized that she wanted

to pursue a career in acting instead of one in espionage.

In this episode, we discussed what inspired Miley to become an actress in the first place.

While she did not receive any formal acting training while she was in school,

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