You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 195.

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.

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This is the second and final part of my interview with the incredible Yuri Lowenthal.

You may know his voice acting work in animated shows like Legion of Superheroes, Ben Ten, and the 2021 version of

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. In games, he's worked on Prince of Persia, Sunset Overdrive,

and Marvel's Spider-Man series. In anime, he's very well known for playing Saske in Naruto.

Yuri and his wife Tara Platte also have their own production company called Monkey Kingdom Productions,

where they develop and produce their own original shows and projects.

They've also written the well-known book, Voice Over Voice Actor, What It's Like Behind the Mic.

In this episode, Yuri shares with me

what inspired him to become a performer in the first place. This may come as a surprise to my

listeners, but he's not really sure. This uncertainty is actually not uncommon among artists.

Often what inspires someone to pursue a career in the arts is not an

intellectual or rational motivation, but rather a gut feeling that they need to explore a field of

expression like acting, in order to fulfill some need for psychological or spiritual satisfaction

that can be difficult to articulate.

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