You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 179.

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 up my personal website at www.crispinfreeman.com.

This is the second and final part of my interview with Fyodor Chin. You can hear Fio's

voiceover work in games like Overwatch, Ghosts of Tsushima, League of Legends, and World of Warcraft,

Mists of Pandaria. He's worked on the regular show for Cartoon Network, and on camera he's worked

on TV shows such as Nash Bridges, The Mindy Project,

and Jane the Virgin. He's also narrated or contributed narration to over 100 different

audiobooks. In the previous episode, Fio outlined the steps he took to become a professional

actor. There was no single moment when he broke into

show business. Instead, Fio diligently studied to improve his acting skills and then consistently

took the actions necessary to find acting opportunities. This included regularly marketing his

skills to producers and casting directors who were hiring actors.

This is the unglamorous homework that it takes to book regular work as an actor.

No one in the industry suddenly discovers you and then paves a path to success for you.

If you want to get paid to voice act, you need to master your art,

research your industry, and then market your professionally competitive skills to producers

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