Chapter ThreeVoice Male?If, like me, you happen to possess a voice that could be mistaken for a clown on helium, here are a few professions you may want to avoid: Monster truck rally announcer, Morgan Freeman impersonator, and, most definitely, on-air television personality. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve been given this helpful advice throughout my life and career. Luckily for me, I’ve also heard another voice in my head squeaking even louder, Don’t listen to those Negative Nancys! The first thing any good acting teacher, life coach, or spiritual guru worth their weight in tofu will tell you is, “Find your voice.”That’s excellent guidance, but believe it or not, there was actually a time when I wished I could’ve lost mine.When I was a little kid, my voice was no different than any other child’s my age—boy or girl. Creepy ghost stories and hilarious poop jokes alike were told in pleasantly melodic, gender-neutral tones. Somewhere around the age of nine, however, things shifted and I became all too aware that I sounded more like a Jane than a Dick.As my peers and I entered adolescence, life was becoming more and more exciting.
