Name: Voice Acting Legend Jim Cummings Answers Voice Acting Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
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Hi, I'm Jim Cummings, voice actor, and I'm here today to answer all your questions from the Internet.

Well, the thing you have to remember about laughing, it's an odd thing.

You have to get rid of all your air because you think you'd ha ha ha.

And then just throw your head back and laugh.

But it's actually more beneficial to go, that is an evil LA.

How are kissing sounds handled in voice acting?

I am happy to say I don't do this very often.

But I've seen it done and you know what they do, folks go, and there you have it.

I'm sorry you had to see that potential key how to get voice deeper and fuller.

Sort of when you just push a little lower, a little less air, and you push that forward.

And if you want to go higher, then I would suggest imagine it coming out of your eyes and it's up there and all of a sudden it's a little squeakier.

I've had this told to me before and it almost makes sense.

You gotta kinda play around in the mirror and go, well, it's squeezing up there and now it's a little higher.

Dr. Sass asks, what is my method for creating voicescharacters?

I always think of it in terms of creating a character.

It's just a sort of a mindset, like Winnie the Pooh.

He's always a character and he's a character who likes honey.

And Tigger is a character that loves to bounce and let those certain things inform you.

I have a friend, Jess Arnel says voice acting is small V but a capital A.

And the thing about voice acting is you have to get it all in the voice.

You can sit there and go all day long and no one can hear it.

Arkham Patience asks, who is my favorite Jim Cummings character?

Well, it might be Winnie the Pooh and it could definitely be Tigger, because you never know.

He's the oldest Disney character out there.

And don't forget Ray From Princess and the Frog.

Cause the women love a man with a big back poach.

And don't forget to remember Don Carnage from Tailspin.

What makes them endearing to me is their characters.

And it's always joyous to see other people's reaction.

knowing that it's so obviously is so very, very meaningful to other people.

You know, I've had people tell me that Puah has gotten them through terrible times and many hardships and on and on, and

It's nice to know because we do these cartoons pretty much flying solo.

Oftentimes we're all alone in a room and we don't have an audience.

To get out there to the public and see everybody's genuine reactions and how meaningful it is to them is meaningful to me.

I always enjoy seeing a picture of the character because that informs you.

You know, if he's a big guy, he's going to sound big.

They want a guy who sounds like he's a tough New York City cop, and

It goes against what they thought, but they didn't think of it.

And it hits them the right way, and boom.

So give them one as they want, and then give them the next one as you want.

It also shows a little bit of versatility, and that's not bad either.

Well, you can start by feeling genuine emotion.

You know, for instance, get into the scene, and

it always helps to know the scene before you're going into it.