Animation Guild | We are 839 Digital Magazine
Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1079787
SPRING 2019 15 D I A LO G U E voices when friends and colleagues ask me to, and it has never been anything but fun and rewarding. It's also the only tangible thing about my animation career that my non- industry family can wrap their heads around. FAVORITE CHARACTER? Eileen was my bread and butter and will always be my cartoon sister, and getting to do a voice on Bob's Burgers was a dream come true, but playing Jeannie in my friend Alex Cline's self-produced Bill and Jeannie series has felt especially satisfying. NIKI YANG SUPERVISING DIRECTOR ON SUMMER CAMP ISLAND HER START… I was asked to audition for the voice of Lady Rainicorn on Adventure Time because I speak Korean. HEARING VOICES? I think it comes naturally when you draw and write dialogue for characters. You hear the tone and nuance in your head. The next hurdle is you have to overcome the fear of the mic then you turn into a valuable resource! ON PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT…I still have a hard time pronouncing some words—probably more than some. So people who know me write around those words, like 'Won't' turns to 'will not'. WHERE ELSE YOU MIGHT HEAR HER? We Bare Bears, Summer Camp Island and Fungies. CARL FARUOLO SUPERVISING PRODUCER ON ANIMANIACS FROM SCRATCH TO SCREEN…I started doing voices on Kick Buttowski at Disney TVA. The executive producer wanted me to voice a character… [but] when he brought up his request he was told that Disney doesn't allow artists to do voice work. So I was able to choose a comedian I liked to do the voice instead. Then a few months went by and another character was introduced. He wasn't cast in time so I did some scratch. When the animatic was sent to the execs to get approved they liked the voice and asked me to do it. After that, Disney started calling me into auditions. ON NOT LEAVING HIS DAY JOB…I don't consider myself a voice actor. I really love doing it but I'm first and foremost a cartoonist. If it's a right fit then it's one of the most fun experiences I've ever had. But it has to be the right fit. FAVORITE CHARACTER HE'S VOICED? Grenda on Gravity Falls (below) – Harvey Deneroff left: Lady Rainicorn from Adventure Time