When I first tell someone of my studying pursuits: Catholic Studies, Photography, and Theater, I'm asked skeptically "What do you plan t do with that?" They expect a ludicrous answer, but when I reply, "really, my dream job is to be a voice actor," they are often at a loss for words, or they reply, "...interesting". But voice acting is super interesting, for real! Voice acting comes in all forms: video games, commercials, animated movies, voice mails, etc. But what I'd most enjoy is working with animation, whether cartoons, full-length films, or video games. I really enjoy quotable movies, even if they're stupid. Me and my family speak in quotes from movies a lot, including:

Napoleon Dynamite

Elf

Nacho Libre

It's a lot of fun to do voices because it's super funny for me personally and even better when I can get other people to chuckle at me as well.

Some of the first voices I started imitating would be the weird Jesus videos: search Vintage Jesus on YouTube, you will not be disappointed...maybe a little confused though. In this series of videos Jesus is super sarcastic and dry and sardonic and do not-Jesus that it is hilarious.

My go to voices now are:

Miranda Sings

Sara-with-no-h (from Jimmy Fallon)

I do not have a plan of how to get to the point of getting into voice acting except to keep pursuing jobs and opportunities, with the end goal of continually surprising myself in my acting and emoting in a realistic, psychological way, while still having fun doing silly voice and experimenting.

Right now I am in the midst of two voice acting projects: a choose-your-own-adventure written and produced and basically everything by Jeffrey Langan, a fellow UST '16 grad/Tommie; I play Miranda (I got to choose the name), a snotty, unhelpful girl who is part of a nudist colony; I will be playing several bit parts as well.

I am also involved in Chibi Senchou Productions, started by some of my high school friends in Duluth. I play Akura, a fox-princess who happens to also be a student in high school (both of the above release fate are TBA).

Voice acting is not an easy career.

A great documentary concerning voice acting, "I Know That Voice!" makes the point clear that people do not enter this career for money, and I know this. I want voice acting, among other things, to be part of my exploration of ideas and my expression of creativity, and I am excited for whatever the future holds.