There’s one word that every casting director, every director, and every client uses more than any other.“Make it conversational.”And I’m convinced almost no voice actor on earth actually knows what it means.Hey everyone, my name is Joe Zieja....
Should voice actors be worried about AI in 2026?Yes.…I’m just kidding. AI is changing the game, but it’s not ruining the game — and I want to talk about why.I’ll be honest: I’m pretty tired of hearing about this. Most people don’t really...
One of my favorite jokes to tell in a workshop — you know the part where everyone goes around the room and says their name and how they got into voice acting? Here’s mine:I got into this industry pretty much like everybody else. I was a military intelligence...
When I started my voice acting career, I thought I knew exactly what agents were about and what role they’d play in my career. Boy, was I wrong.The dream we’re still selling is thirty years out of dateOne of the things we’re constantly fighting...
We live in an unprecedented era of global storytelling. Our movies, games, novels, and even memes travel across oceans and time zones in the blink of an eye, exposing us to voices, legends, and jokes from cultures we’ve never set foot in. Yet for many of us—especially...
I want to kick things off by tackling the purpose of acting in the most straightforward way I know how. And I mean really straightforward. My definition? It’s just three words: Acting mimics life. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. And I stand by it, even though every...
