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Meeting the most versatile voice actress of this time, Lisa Foiles!

Sep 3, 2021

Podcast Overview:

Do you know want to know how Lisa Foiles landed with voice acting projects to transitioning to becoming a kid’s story writer?

In this episode of The DK Project Podcast, Kristen and I get the chance to hang with one and only Lisa Foiles. Let’s find out how she started her journey with everything she does. Yes! She does multiple things at once!

And another, YES! We’ll get to know more about Lisa Renee Foiles Cloninger as an American actress, host, video game journalist, model, and author, who first came to prominence as a cast member of the Nickelodeon series ‘All That.’

 

Time Stamps: 

[0:26] Who is Lisa Foiles

[1:94] Let’s talk about Olympics and badminton

[2:18] Difference living in Portland from Las Vegas

[3:00] Why did I move from Los Angles to Las Vegas

[4:40] How my UFC hosting gigs work

[9:23] What it feels to be included in the ‘Saturday Night Live’ show, as you’re one of its biggest fans during your childhood and it’s a dream come true for you

[12:09] Learning the new norm for Nickelodeon

[13:19] How I become the lead voice for Xbox

[16:27] What is the biggest challenge in voiceover acting 

[17:35] How I land as the official voice for MGM Resorts International

[20:10] The story of my favorite ‘Stuff of Legends - Minecraft’ on YouTube

[22:40] What is it like doing some playtests

[26:18] Working for an Irish comedy film

[29:18] Lisa’s natural talent of dancing for 20 years

[33:25] Learning how to play guitar with that obsessive personality

[34:20] Why I recommended JustinGuitar YouTube for beginners

[36:36] What is it like to do homeschooling and how my mother motivated me

[39:03] Organ playing vs Acapela singing of national anthems in front of more than 40,000 people

[41:25] What to expect from Lisa Foiles

[41:44] Writing kids fantasy novels: e.g “Ash Ridley and the Phoenix”

 

Quotations

“In this COVID, new normal you know… we just kinda take what we can get and every tape that comes along and a chance to audition... we just try to do our best.” - - Lisa Foiles

“If you can get over with the pain, work for it.” - Lisa Foiles

“No one is too old to learn the guitar.” - Lisa Foiles

 

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