Jessica Rothe Quotes

I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play.

American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

I didn't think of myself as a singer. I'm an actor who recites words, and sometimes that happens to be on musical notes.

I'm always telling students when I do a master class on audiobooks: 'Watch Meryl Streep. Watch her disappear into a role; watch what she does.'

To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.

I started doing radio pieces with no clear, preconceived idea, except that I have a tendency to be theatrical.

I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama.

You don't have a face to work with, so your voice has to do all the work until you see the animation. So, a lot of it I had to pull back because it was too big.

I love playing characters with different accents. It's a lot of fun.

Voice acting is very creative, especially 'Star Wars' voice acting, because there's so much you have to imagine.

I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of volume and I'm frantic. But I didn't want to be one of those people who's always talking in accents in real life, so I started doing sketch comedy.

Doing voiceovers is so great because even though many people would think it's just your voice, you really do use all your physicality. I've done everything from playing a butterfly to Alice in Wonderland when she's 10 feet tall, so it allows you to be an actor and build new characters.

I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.

People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice.

It's so rewarding being on radio, especially because it's not about what you look like at all. And I love comedy, so it's very exciting.

One of the things that I love about voiceover is that it's a situation where - because you're not encumbered by being seen - it's liberating. You're able to make broad choices that you would never make if you were on camera.

I write for a radio show that, no matter what, will go on the air Saturday at five o'clock central time. You learn to write toward that deadline, to let the adrenaline pick you up on Friday morning and carry you through, to cook up a monologue about Lake Wobegon and get to the theater on time.

Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up.

When the picture was finished, they took me into the sound room and then I screamed more for about five minutes just steady screaming, and then they'd cut that in and add it.

I used to love watching Angela Lansbury and other people when they were doing voice-overs for Disney shows. You'd see them doing these wild gestures in front of the microphone. I used to think, 'Is that really necessary?' What you realize when you're doing it is that that's the only way.

I never noticed my voice. I did become aware as a little kid at camp that I liked doing accents. We'd do plays and skits, and I realized I loved speaking in voices that weren't my own.

Doing voices is like singing and remembering songs.

There's nothing better than voicing a character. You don't have to worry about what you're wearing; you've got the script in front of you, and it doesn't involve your body: it's all about your voice, and it's really fast work.

My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.

Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor's dream because you get to play all the parts.