#168 - Stephen Hughes Interview (The Voice Of Quiet Robe)

Stephen Hughes is a renowned director, producer, voice actor and
teacher. He is well known in Spain in the voice over industry. He
helped to direct the voice actors on Metroid Dread including
Nikki Garcia(The Voice Of Samus) and he voiced the character
Quiet Robe.


#metroid #metroiddread #nintendo


TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro


01:00 - How Stephen Ended Up In Madrid, Spain


05:05 - Ongoing Consulting Work For American Companies


06:19 - Spain Is The Best Country In The World For
Dubbing/Dubbing For The Arabic World


10:15 - So Many Studios In Spain/How Mercurysteam Found Stephen


11:50 - Early Work With MercurySteam/Acting For Animation


15:25 - Voice Acting For Videogames Compared To Animation


17:30 - Language Of The Chozo/Nikki Garcia Did Voice Of Samus In
1 Take


18:30 - Stephen Helps Direct The Voices Sometimes At
MercurySteam/Enric Alvarez Is Well Versed In English


19:50 - Game Directors Are Like Film Directors


21:55 - Previous Work Stephen Has Done For Mercurysteam


22:49 - How MercurySteam Made The Chozo Language/Nikki Has A
Great Sense Of Language


25:31 - How To Speak In Made Up Languages And Make Them Sound
Good


26:50 - Confidence Comes A Lot Easier To Americans Than Other
Cultures


28:24 - How Stephen Did The Voice Of Quiet Robe/Being Careful
With The Voice You Create


30:30 - Vitamin A + E Repairs Vocal Chords


31:55 - Foods & Drinks To Avoid Before A Vocal
Session/Anchovies Are Great For Your Voice


37:45 - The Problems Of AI On Voice Artists


41:00 - Being A Jack Of All Trades/Advertising/Jobs Already Taken
By AI


48:43 - AI Is Replacing Jobs For Young People/Being Adaptable


51:10 - Voice Actors Won’t Be A Sole Career


54:40 - Stephens Early Days In Voice Acting


57:08 - Why Pro Voice Actors Sometimes Give Bad Performances


58:00 - Translations/Translating Spanish/Dubbing


1:08:00 - Where To Keep Up Stephen