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Too often, actors fall into the trap of focusing on a style of reading when auditioning for roles, and continue this once they’ve been cast. After all, that’s what got you the job, right?

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Unfortunately, this often glosses over what’s really going on.  Not only that, the actor doesn’t realize the work they’re not getting by focusing on the vocal performance, and not the character. But, you say, isn’t that what voice acting is?  Not really.  Here’s why.

 

• Typical and stereotypical performances usually do not get cast. At best, it puts the actor into the great wash of similar interpretations where the actor’s voice or ludicrous reasons become the criteria for casting or not. (“I love her name!”) (“He sounds too much like my ex-husband.”)  And this is where the trap is really the most damaging, because the actor thinks they won the job on merit, when it might be more akin to a lottery.

 

• Character arcs often begin in one place and end up in another in a session.  Actors who can roll with this and not be thrown by a change of direction are simply going to work more.  And the best way to roll with that is by already knowing your characters so well that the changes are simple tweaks.

 

• Developing the habit to find and exploit the nuances and holes that weren’t in the character description is how a role shifts into something memorable, and the actor becomes irreplaceable. 
   

That is what we’re going to focus on: understanding and developing characters that you can call on.  Not voices, not styles, not reads.  Characters.