Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play. — Tara Strong
When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any of the other actors. It's all done separately with headphones in a voice booth. — Steve Carell
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud, clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. — Alfred Lunt
It's just different discipline, just doing the voice over. I guess I've done about 5 or 6 audio books in the past and I do the animated voice for a show called Fatherhood on Nickelodeon. — Blair Underwood
Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. — John Lasseter
Acting is behaving truthfully under imaginary circumstances. — Sanford Meisner
Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. — Jeff Goldblum
I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes. — Grey DeLisle
I don't know if I am cut out to playing a bad character or not - I really should give it a shot. I would like to play the voice of a baddie, but that's really just a cop-out! — Lindsay Lohan
Acting is about being real, being honest. — Kate Winslet
Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing. — Ralph Richardson
To me, acting is acting... I'd be happy working on a street corner in a mime troupe. — Kelly McGillis
I love acting. It is so much more real than life. — Oscar Wilde
An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling. — Donald Sinden
Short Voice Acting Quotes
Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. — River Phoenix
Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly. — Rosalind Russell
The best acting is instinctive. It's not intellectual, it's not mechanical, it's instinctive. — Craig MacDonald
Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops. — George P. Baker
Acting is not being emotional, but being able to fully express emotion. — Kate Reid
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made. — George Burns
It's not all about acting. It's about giving an art of entertainment to humanity. — Sean Berdy
Voice Acting Image Quotes
10% of conflict is due to difference in opinion and 90% is due to delivery and tone of voice.
Voice Heard Quotes
We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices. — Richard M. Nixon
Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children. How many must die before our voices are heard, how many must be tortured, dislocated, starved, maddened? When, at what point, will you say no to this war? — Daniel Berrigan
To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard. — Allen Ginsberg
Sometimes there is no next time, no time-outs, no second chances. Sometimes it's now or never.
In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard. — John Grisham
The voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. — Zitkala-Sa
The Younger Generation comes, bringing its gifts. They are the first fruits of the Negro Renaissance. Youth speaks, and the voice of the New Negro is heard. — Alain LeRoy Locke
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.
A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union. — Jean-Claude Juncker
There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives. — Hillary Clinton
People don't want to go back to the days, pre-referendum, when the Westminster establishment sidelined and ignored Scotland. They want Scotland's voice to be heard. — Nicola Sturgeon
I have a free couple of hours," I told him, walking toward my car, which was parked on the next block. "There's a very private, very secluded barn in Lookout Hill Park behind the carousel. I could be there in fifteen minutes." I heard the smile in his voice. "You want me bad. — Becca Fitzpatrick
Voiceover Quotes
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are. — H. G. Wells
Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel. — H. G. Wells
beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade — William Ernest Henley
Speak with honesty, think with sincerity, act with integrity.
One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life. — John Green
Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit. — Henry David Thoreau
There are seven days in the week and someday isn't one of them.
Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return. — T. H. White
For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. — Kahlil Gibran
When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. — Tennessee Williams
Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not. Time takes it all, time bears it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again. — Stephen King
Voice Singing Quotes
The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are. — Ludwig van Beethoven
The dance is strong magic. The body can fly without wings. It can sing without voice. The dance is strong magic. The dance is life. — Pearl Primus
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming. — Maria Callas
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. — Stan Getz
Say you’ll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won’t go. I’ll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you’ll have to marry me to save your reputation. — Margaret Mitchell
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah! — Martin Luther
We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. — Linda Ronstadt
The evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming. — Al Stewart
So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing. — Gregory Harrison
The harmonica is the most voice-like instrument, you can make it wail, feel happy, or cry. It's like singing the blues without words. — Charlie Musselwhite
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. — Haile Selassie
Voting is not an act of political freedom. It is an act of political conformity. Those who refuse to vote are not expressing silence. They are screaming in the politician's ear: 'You do not represent me. This is not a process in which my voice matters. I do not believe you.' — Wendy McElroy
Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week. — Amanda Seyfried
Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think.
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. — Katherine Mansfield
Remember Robin Williams's great work as the voice of the genie in Disney's 'Aladdin'? Because he wanted to leave something wonderful behind for his kids, he said, he did the voice for a cut-rate fee of $75,000, far below his usual $8 million payday. But then something happened: The movie became a huge hit, raking in $504 million. — Chris Voss
Kindness is not a business. True kindness expects nothing in return and should never act with conditions.
For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting. — Jimmy Smits
I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. So, on the whole, I think the power that online distribution confers is a positive thing for society. Online we can act as a fifth estate. — Matt Mullenweg
Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! — Pat Riley
Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations, and yes, your soul by listening to its clean, clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world. — Anna Quindlen
Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what kepes us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be. — John Bingham
When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part. — Charles Stanley
The happiness of life may be greatly increased by small courtesies in which there is no parade, whose voice is too still to tease, and which manifest themselves by tender and affectionate looks, and little kind acts of attention. — Laurence Sterne
The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer. — Mo Yan
Max, you're acting like a child, the Voice said. You're above rebelling against your fate just to rebel. You've got a date with destiny. Don't be late." I brushed some hair out of my eyes. Is that a movie quote? Or is it an actual date? I don't remember destiny asking me. I never even gave destiny my phone number. — James Patterson
Risk! Risk Anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those other voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth. — Katherine Mansfield
In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song. — Petula Clark
Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I like to record with people. I don't particularly enjoy standing alone and recording my own voice or my own stuff. It's sometimes fun to do for demos and stuff, but I really enjoy the social act of recording records, because writing it is so lonely. And it has to be. — Sondre Lerche
I know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that punishes Britain. That would be an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of Europe, and it would not be the act of a friend. — Theresa May
Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that. — John Burroughs
Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and being in the presence of death or disaster, and hearing the human voice lifted in song. — Salman Rushdie
[...] every time he forces himself to think before acting, it's her voice in his head telling him to slow down. He wants to tell her, but she's always so busy in the medical jet—and you don't just go to somebody and say, "I'm a better person because you're in my head. — Neal Shusterman
I've always wanted to be a voice actor. Well I think at first I wanted to be a singer. Then in middle school I auditioned for a musical and I only really cared because I wanted to sing in it. I had to act as well as part of the audition and that was the first time I ever really acted, and I was like 'Oh hey, this is fun, I like doing this.' — Ashly Burch
A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his art, however intelligent he may be.... The voice is an instrument which the artist must learn to use with suppleness and sureness, as if it were a limb. — Sarah Bernhardt
I am a critic who is pulled toward history. But Bob Dylan himself is a great historian. He is an historian who acts out history. So it always has a personal stamp. It always has a particular timbre. It always has a particular howl, or a moan, in that voice. — Greil Marcus
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice. — Seth Godin
A cabaret song has got to be written - for the middle voice, ideally - because you've got to hear the wit of the words. And a cabaret song gives the singer room to act, more even than an opera singer. — James Fenton
The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. — Vincent D'Onofrio
The great event of the evening was Jenny Lind's appearance and her complete triumph. She has a most exquisite, powerful and really quite peculiar voice, so round, soft and flexible and her acting is charming and touching and very natural. — Queen Victoria
When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice without an actor. That's my reason for acting: to get that character as right as possible for my writer. And I have never changed my philosophy. — David Suchet
Do the hardest thing on earth for you. ACT YOURSELF. — Katherine Mansfield
I could not fight the Nazis in the present, as they had the power to still my voice, so I decided to fight them in the future. I would give the coming generations a weapon against any resurgence of such evil. My eyewitness account would record the barbarous acts, and also show the way to stop them. — Friedrich Kellner
I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they're part of the game and that they know these characters. — Tara Strong
The only way to shut out the voice of god and the angels is to act out addictively whether it’s alcohol or food or drugs, or behaviors... — Doreen Virtue
Using the passive voice is always very helpful. Mind you, a lot of that propaganda English emanates from here. The British establishment has always used the passive voice. It's been a weapon of discourse so those who committed terrible acts in the old empire could not be identified. — John Pilger
But finding a voice-let's be clear-is a political act. It defines a moment of presence, of being awake; and it involves not only self-understanding, but the ability to transmit that selfunderstanding to others...To experience yourself as "voiceless" is a definition of depression, subjugation, and being counted out. . — Mary Rose O'Reilley
The articulate, trained voice is more distracting than mere noise. — Seneca
Writing and acting are almost diametrically opposed in terms of being an actor it's in your interest to be in shape and to be healthy and to have a strong voice and to be flexible. As a writer you're sitting in this position for hours on end. You get up and you can't put your shoulder down. It's not a healthy existence so to speak and it's probably not healthy for the person that lives with you either, but you do the best you can. — John Buffalo Mailer
To make your voice heard is difficult. Sometimes we have to burn ourselves in order to be heard. It is out of compassion that you do that. It is the act of love and not of despair. — Nhat Hanh
I guess voice acting is just fun, interesting to say...but it is. — Ashly Burch
As human voice and instrument blend in one harmony, as human soul and body blend in each act of feeling, thought, or speech, so, as far as we can know, divinity and humanity act together in the thought and heart and act of the one Christ. — Archibald Alexander Hodge
To name the world in your own terms, to tell your own story, is an act of authority and power. When you write, you are saying, in effect, 'I have a voice. I have a story. This is what I have to say.' — Rebecca McClanahan
In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice. — Zoe Saldana
As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra. — Howard Keel
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