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Chris Tester

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432 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

I mean, the number one thing is comparison. It's like the, it's the perennial acting. But I think it's, we all do it to a degree. You look at your peers and go like, How have they got that? What are they doing right that I'm doing wrong? Fundamentally. Then you add, you know, social media into the mix because you have to.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

And it's amplified even more because obviously, if you're a successful voice actor, you want to leverage that. You have to leverage it. So, you know, you do take that booth selfie or that I'm outside a studio selfie because... it shows people what you're doing. And it's also an affirmation of, yeah, I've got here. Yeah, I'm going to own this. And I'm not going to say like, how dare you?

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

And it's amplified even more because obviously, if you're a successful voice actor, you want to leverage that. You have to leverage it. So, you know, you do take that booth selfie or that I'm outside a studio selfie because... it shows people what you're doing. And it's also an affirmation of, yeah, I've got here. Yeah, I'm going to own this. And I'm not going to say like, how dare you?

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

And it's amplified even more because obviously, if you're a successful voice actor, you want to leverage that. You have to leverage it. So, you know, you do take that booth selfie or that I'm outside a studio selfie because... it shows people what you're doing. And it's also an affirmation of, yeah, I've got here. Yeah, I'm going to own this. And I'm not going to say like, how dare you?

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Having finally got to that, you know, worked with Side Global or OMUK or Pit Stop or whatever on this huge kind of franchise, which because of NDA, you can't talk about, but anyway.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Having finally got to that, you know, worked with Side Global or OMUK or Pit Stop or whatever on this huge kind of franchise, which because of NDA, you can't talk about, but anyway.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Having finally got to that, you know, worked with Side Global or OMUK or Pit Stop or whatever on this huge kind of franchise, which because of NDA, you can't talk about, but anyway.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Right.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Right.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Right.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

You know, once you get there, of course you would, because otherwise, what's it all for? It's a celebration of all of your effort and time. However, at the same time, there are at least 20 people all seeing that story and dying slightly inside. I know because I've been on both sides of that every single time. And you can say like, you know, someone else's victory is not my defeat.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

You know, once you get there, of course you would, because otherwise, what's it all for? It's a celebration of all of your effort and time. However, at the same time, there are at least 20 people all seeing that story and dying slightly inside. I know because I've been on both sides of that every single time. And you can say like, you know, someone else's victory is not my defeat.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

You know, once you get there, of course you would, because otherwise, what's it all for? It's a celebration of all of your effort and time. However, at the same time, there are at least 20 people all seeing that story and dying slightly inside. I know because I've been on both sides of that every single time. And you can say like, you know, someone else's victory is not my defeat.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

But there's still that insecurity always of like, what are they doing right that I'm not doing? And not quite knowing, you know, if there is. It's that lack of autonomy, which is the scary thing. Which is why I try and source my own work by building relationships as much as I possibly can organically.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

But there's still that insecurity always of like, what are they doing right that I'm not doing? And not quite knowing, you know, if there is. It's that lack of autonomy, which is the scary thing. Which is why I try and source my own work by building relationships as much as I possibly can organically.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

But there's still that insecurity always of like, what are they doing right that I'm not doing? And not quite knowing, you know, if there is. It's that lack of autonomy, which is the scary thing. Which is why I try and source my own work by building relationships as much as I possibly can organically.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

And then I'll audition for your stuff, but so that I'm one of maybe five or ten options and not one of a hundred options. Because I've been on the other side of casting in the theater world. And I've seen it a little bit in the voice acting world. But for a lot of people, for that first round of auditions, you've got like 100 clips of the same 10 lines.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

And then I'll audition for your stuff, but so that I'm one of maybe five or ten options and not one of a hundred options. Because I've been on the other side of casting in the theater world. And I've seen it a little bit in the voice acting world. But for a lot of people, for that first round of auditions, you've got like 100 clips of the same 10 lines.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

And then I'll audition for your stuff, but so that I'm one of maybe five or ten options and not one of a hundred options. Because I've been on the other side of casting in the theater world. And I've seen it a little bit in the voice acting world. But for a lot of people, for that first round of auditions, you've got like 100 clips of the same 10 lines.

Video Gamers Podcast
The Voices of Gaming - Gaming Podcast

Your ears aren't going to be as fresh about 20 in. Yeah, yeah. By about 40, you're questioning your will to live. By about 60, what are words? Yeah. By 80, it's kind of like we've only got 20 to go. So, I mean, we should. And by 100, it's like, I don't know what. Did we even press play? I can't.