You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 171.

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'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.

Welcome to the second and final part of my interview with the fabulously energetic, Darren DePaul.

You may be familiar with his voice acting work in World of Warcraft, Star Wars, the Old Republic,

Final Fantasy 15, Apex Legends, and Overwatch. Darren's enthusiasm for his characters comes

through in all the work he does, and even

spills over into conventions where he often will host panels and events for the fans.

In the previous episode, Darren told us about his extensive theater career and how it

eventually led him to become a voice actor.

He spent many years training and working as a theater actor both in Florida

and in New York City, but he had always had an interest in voiceover work. When the opportunity

to get involved in voice acting came about later in his career, he eagerly pursued every

voiceover opportunity he could while working as a theater actor on the East Coast. Eventually,

he and his wife, Deborah, who is also an actress, decided to take a risk and move to Los

Angeles to see if they could be successful in a larger voice acting marketplace. Within

months, Darren had impressed industry-leading voice directors with his vocal range and acting skills.

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