It’s the Dustin Hoffmann Rain Man or Sean Penn in Sam, I Am. They’re just people wanting to “talk.” When you understand some of the problems of the stutterer, you give them a voice. Is it something you like doing or is it a pain? How do you manage to so effectively convey the meaning and the emotion even for characters who have difficulty speaking?
You seem to end up doing a lot of it, and you do it so well. I’d love to “do” Australian, for example, but any native Ozzie would cringe. South African, Boston, New Orleans Patois, really mess my head. Do you use particular models for these? Are there some you especially enjoy doing-and are there some you dread?Īccents I’m familiar with come easily and “suggest” themselves. You’ve done a wide variety of accents and dialects. Obnoxious people draw on my reservoir of bile nice folks get a friendlier version, but there’s always of bit of K.C. Everybody I know-good and bad-gets a look in. How do you choose what kind of voice a particular character will have?Ī character’s history and their attitude/dialogue with others-they’re the signposts-they point in the direction to go for. Read time – the actual time in front of the mic – is, for me, no more than two hours a day.
While that percolates…I start to “think” voices. When I’ve got the story down, then I underline (in different inks) the major character voices. Brute happened that way…I had to find out where Brute and Grey would go. That’s usually a one-day sit down and do it thing.
Do you begin by reading the entire book to yourself before you start narrating? How long does an average novel take you? I’d love to learn a little more about your process for narrating. It got me thinking, why not moi? Andrew (he’s really been nice) at Dreamspinner Press listened to an audition and pointed me toward Love, Like Water. Because I trained first in England (at the now defunct Webber-Douglas) and then moved to New York to study with Michael Howard, I’ve got a bit of trans-Atlantic “thing” going on.Ī very good friend who went from actor to lawyer to actor told me of his “conversion” to audiobooks. I also taught acting for Long Island University, Victoria University, and the National Drama School of New Zealand: Toi Whakaari. agreed to answer my questions about his work! Please enjoy the interview, and I have a giveaway at the end.Ĭould you tell us a little about yourself?Īn actor since my twenties (I’m now in my sixties), I’ve done more stage than anything else. If you’ve listened to any of these, you know why I’m such a huge fan. Or maybe you’ve heard him read some other fantastic books, like Mary Calmes’ Frog, Ryan Loveless’s Ethan, Who Loved Carter, or Rowan Speedwell’s Love, Like Water. You can also hear him as Mark Twain. If you’ve listened to the audio versions of Brute or Housekeeping, you already know how wonderful K.C.
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