Cinema Blend interviewed Roger Craig Smith about Dying Light and Kyle Crane, the character he plays in it. Roger is also asked about voice acting and to give advice for people interested in becoming a voice actor themselves.
GB: Some of our readers are interested in the job of voice acting. What brings you back to it time and time again?
RCS: If acting is make believe, then this is the ultimate form of make believe. Most people have a memory of being a kid and seeing an animated film, or a cartoon, and thought man, it would be fun to be this character. And here you are as an adult getting to go in and getting to do something that eventually becomes this fantastical character. The work itself is never work. It’s a blast, and there’s a tremendous sense of gratification getting to hear or see something you participated in that comes to life. And you get to be around some of the funniest, most talented and some of the hardest working people you’ll get a chance to meet. It’s surreal. When I’m in the booth, I’m always thinking how the heck did I get here and when are they going to find out that I don’t know what I’m doing and I don’t deserve to be here? It really is as much fun as it looks.
GB: So what’s the number one piece of advice you would give to aspiring voice actors?
RCS: I’ve given so many random answers to this question because it’s the impossible question to answer. Understand that this is a business and you are in business for yourself. You can read all the books and take all of the classes that you want, but the simple fact is that if you have the drive, tenacity, talent and desire to make this happen for yourself, then you’re going to be the person who finds a way to make it happen. There is no specific path. You’re going to go out there and create a voice acting career that is vastly different than mine because you are vastly different than I am. Pare it down to ‘what can I do today to get me one step closer to being behind a voice acting mike?’ Before you know it, you’ll look back and go, holy cow, I’m voice acting now.
Read the whole interview here!
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