My conversation with Don last night

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007, 21:41 (GMT) Post subject:

Vic....don't ever worry about anything you get like that, whether you think it might be boring or not. I found it fascinating and very interesting. Post that stuff man. That is just so cool. It's a good thing I don't know Don....he seems like such a cool cat, I would probably be pestering that man continuously. hahahahaha.

Scott Pollak · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007, 21:44 (GMT) Post subject:

Terrific! Even someone as jaded as I am - an avowedly disinterested non-Oscar person - thoroughly enjoyed Don's account. I imagine a handful of us here are starting to feel almost as if we're friends with him.

Hmmmm....wonder if he has extra room in his house......... Wink

Anthony Williams · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007, 21:46 (GMT) Post subject: hahaha

hahahahaha Laughing

Good One Scott!

Tom Greenlee · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007, 21:52 (GMT) Post subject:

Man....I'll tell ya....Vic chats with the Don on the phone...peruses the forums with him.....gets detailed emails from him.....no big deal to him.....If I ever opened my email and had an email from the Don there and it was to ME....I wouldn't know what to do.....That guy has been my inspiration from the very beginning....it was hearing his voice doing trailers when I was younger that made me aware of voiceover and sparked the desire to do voiceover although I never seriously contemplated doing it actually until later in life. Really awesome Vic. I envy you. I shouldn't I know....but honestly I do.

Victor Harris · Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007, 22:15 (GMT) Post subject:

Don't envy me man. It was just a fluke in how I met him in the first place....trust me. He is just a regular cat. Wink

My pleasure to share this.

George Karnes · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007, 03:13 (GMT) Post subject:

I think it is cool how regular a guy he is.

You can tell it was a thrill for him to be there and see all those stars. Kind of funny considering what a star he is himself.

Thanks for posting that Vic!

Heather Cooper · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007, 04:16 (GMT) Post subject:

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing.

Gosh....George Clooney almost kissing Gina..and she didn't miss a beat!
I am impressed. I would have been as giddy as a school girl and lost every ounce of concentration!

How fun!

Hurray for Helen Mirren!! What a fantastic actress!

So glad you shared that with us. Very Happy

Lisa Zachary-Kent · Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007, 05:28 (GMT) Post subject:

What a TREAT that was! Thank you, Vic!

I may be a female voice, but he has certainly been a hero and inspiration to me. I can't imagine him not being a hero to any member of this site. In fact...it was his appearance on that Geico commercial that motivated me to get off my butt and pursue this field again. Don't envy you?? I can't help it!

Nikki Saco · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007, 20:31 (GMT) Post subject:

I'm just impressed Gina and Don could perform with all the production chatter going on in their headsets. I hadn't thought that they would need to be cued like everyone else in the production. That must have been pretty distracting, especially with the added pressure of it being a live Oscar telecast.

I had an acting instructor once who had us do concentration exercises by doing cold reads and singing musical numbers while classic-rock radio played in the background. Singing one song while another played was harder. That's not a bad exercise for VO artists who perform live.