Parenting & Family Quote by Tara Strong

The interesting thing about Tara Strong’s line is how aggressively it demystifies a job people love to romanticize. Voice acting, from the outside, gets framed as solitary wizardry: a performer alone with a mic, conjuring whole worlds. Strong pulls the curtain back and replaces “magic” with something more mundane and, in its own way, more revealing: a workplace vibe. “Sessions” is the key word. It’s not a burst of inspiration; it’s scheduled, repeated labor. The fun isn’t incidental either - it’s presented as part of the machinery that makes the work possible.

The subtext is partly defensive, partly invitational. Defensive, because animation and voiceover can be treated as less “serious” acting; emphasizing camaraderie signals professionalism through cohesion: they’re a team, they’re in rhythm, they’re producing. Invitational, because she’s selling an ethos that fans want to believe in: your favorite characters are born in a room where people actually like each other. That matters in an era when fandoms scrutinize behind-the-scenes dynamics almost as much as the final product.

“Kid around” does double duty. It describes literal joking, but it also nods to the childlike play at the core of voice work - testing voices, pushing takes, failing safely. Strong’s intent is to normalize play as a legitimate tool, not a distraction. The cultural context here is a creative industry increasingly defined by burnout and isolation; her casual warmth reads like an argument that joy can be a production strategy, not just a perk.