Jim Dale

“When you are reading a book, you are the reader, and you are also the director and the producer and the scene-shifter and the lighting man and the sound-effects man and the entire cast of characters.”

“The joy of a character is to leave your own life and be somebody else.”

“Every voice I do has a basis in reality.”

“I have to find a way to make the reader believe that they are not just listening to a book, but that they are in the book.”

“The great thing about audiobooks is that you can have a book with you wherever you go.”

“When I'm doing a book, I'm in a soundproof room, with a glass of water, a kazoo and a harmonica. It's great.”

“I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was the only boy in a class of 30 girls.”

“I try to make the character live, and the only way to do that is to have a life for him.”