Lia Sargent

Lia: (explaining how she moved from voice acting to voice directing) This company that hired me a lot for voice over work, I'd do so many shows for them they used to put me in the booth by myself and direct myself when they couldn't be there. So one director was too busy, so he goes, "Lia, you can just do this yourself, can't you?" I think in the process of working long enough with an actor, the actor starts saying, "Oh, I can do that better" or "Let me fix that" or "I know what you mean." The actors will let the director know that they pretty much know what they're talking about before they even say it. So I started directing myself and then they got so much other work that they needed another director so they asked me to do it.

Lia: (about the length of time it takes to dub a a half hour show) Most of the time a company will do a multitude of episodes at the same time, which are all 22 minutes usually. So if one character's in all three episodes, you'll work two hours, if you have 50 loops. Most people average 25 loops an hour and some will scoot up to 50 loops an hour depending on the character and how fast they are and the director, the engineer and the equipment.

Lia: (about voicing the android R. Dorothy in Big O) At first Dorothy was very hard for me to play…flat tone, emotionless. I tend to have many colors in my voice, and within my read. So, Dorothy was work. But now, I grasp her very easily.