My girlfriend, who shall go unnamed here cuz she thinks I’m an embarrassment, is a voiceover actress. Not for cartoons cuz those go to, like, major and occasionally minor stars, but for commercials. Her biggest role so far was as a talking cheeseburger. Or maybe she was a french fry. Taco shell? Some kind of fast food thing anyway.
Being a woman and trying to make it in voiceover is like being a Jew trying to get a gig as a death camp commandant. It’s like impossible – cuz showbiz as an industry is more sexist than the vilest Republican House of Representatives member. Hollywood just plain doesn’t want to hear women’s voices, no matter how stentorian, saying, “In a world where…” or “…Stars tomorrow. Be there.” And Hollywood thinks that the audience shares that sexist prejudice.