I recently estimated that I’ve spent over 20,000 hours in front of a microphone in my career as a voice talent and spoken millions of words that someone else put in my mouth. During some of those hours, I gave some exemplary performances. During (hopefully fewer) others, I should have apologized to the producer for making them part of my learning curve and paid them for their trouble. Somehow, I made it through my “I’m insecure but I’m going to pretend I’m not” years by gradu