Voice-over work is a microcosm of the acting process as a whole. There's the audition, the callback, the job itself, and the payoffs-except that it all happens in a matter of days, and there are no costumes or make-up to contend with and no memorization.

Author Jack Angel has been a voice-over expert for more than fifty years, working with the likes of Lucas Arts, Disney, Pixar, Warner Brothers, Marvel, Steven Spielberg and many others. Now, he shares some of his secrets.

This guidebook to success offers strategies to build a career in voice-over acting. Discover how to...

I had only acted on camera in a couple of TV shows and commercials, so all of this-the process of making movies-was totally new and absolutely fascinating.

JACK ANGEL, son of a Greek immigrant, reinvented himself many times-from a poor student to a college graduate; from enlisted man to officer in the army during the Korean War, attending Army Ranger School; and from an eighteen-year career in radio as one of the nation's top disc jockeys to a career as a Hollywood actor concentrating on voice-overs.

Going to Hollywood allowed him to really hit his stride, and he found...

I had only acted on camera in a couple of TV shows and commercials, so all of this-the process of making movies-was totally new and absolutely fascinating.

JACK ANGEL, son of a Greek immigrant, reinvented himself many times-from a poor student to a college graduate; from enlisted man to officer in the army during the Korean War, attending Army Ranger School; and from an eighteen-year career in radio as one of the nation's top disc jockeys to a career as a Hollywood actor concentrating on voice-overs.

Going to Hollywood allowed him to really hit his stride, and he found...