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
