Jim Dale
Jim Dale
James "Jim" Dale, MBE, is an English actor, voice artist, and singer-songwriter. In the United Kingdom, he is best known for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films. In the United States, he is most recognized for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook seriesand the ABC series Pushing Daisies; he also had a prominent role in the Disney film Pete's Dragon...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth15 August 1935
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And to be perfectly honest, when you listen to the tapes, when you get to Harry, it's just a younger-sounding voice that you're hearing. I haven't tried to make him different from the voice I have. So it's nice to think my younger voice of myself is the voice that kids are hearing as Harry Potter.
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I visualized the reactions of children listening. Stunned silence here! So hold the pause for two, three, four. This line is a laugh, more than a giggle, so pause, two, three or their chuckles will drown the next line. I'm lucky to have forty years experience of stage comedy to back me up.
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I was the only one in America with the book (in manuscript form). Released into the wrong hands, it could have ended up on the Internet and losing a lot of people a lot of money.
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But it was a fascinating journey, because there I was creating voices and speaking words and I didn't know where the story was going.
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I was the first person in America to have the script and I think only the third person to know what the story was,
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Dance training gave me the confidence to walk and move on stage. It gave me the gestures. It made me feel at ease.
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They were nearly beaten up every day by friends wanting to know the story of book four, ... On bended knees, fielding off all the blows, they had to say, 'Granddad won't tell us! He won't tell us! He won't breathe a word of it!'
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Whether I want to or not, I think I will be remembered for 'Harry Potter,' but why not? How lovely to be remembered as the voice of Harry Potter.
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