Narrated by Jason Clarke & Melissa Moran

Narrated by Teddy Hamilton & Andi Arndt

Note: Teddy answered so many of our questions that we had to split his interview in two so as not to waste any!

SFN: What or who inspires you as an artist?

TH: Everything. I get inspired by talking to people. I love having conversations with strangers. I get inspired by watching birds being dicks to each other, by seeing animals being curious about something. I like to watch the news, or history docs, or religious studies, and imagine what the very basic human psychological desires, and needs are that are causing these types of beliefs or actions to come about. I don't know if that makes sense, but whatever that thing is I'm trying to describe, it inspires me. Maybe I just like mentally wandering down any path that piques my curiosity.

SFN: What's the biggest challenge you face as an audiobook narrator?

TH: Saying no. I've been hungry and had no work before. I've had bad jobs I hated, or good jobs that paid me nothing. This job is great, but the fear that the stream of success I've found in this industry will dry up and I'll have to go back to the rat race of trying to get it as good as I have it right now, pushes me to say yes to anything that comes my way. It's not healthy, and may even work against what I'm trying to achieve, but it is what it is. I'm working on it ok?!

SFN: What's the oddest object in your booth?

TH: My booth just has trash in it all the time. That and a pile of coats I bring in cause it's cold and then take off cause it's hot, and then leave because I'm lazy and can't have nice things. I'm not going to share a picture of it. It's really bad.

SFN: Audiobook listeners love bloopers! Do you have a favorite blooper you’ve saved or author pickup you’ve gotten during the recording process that has stuck with you?

TH: I was narrating The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros a few years ago, and THAT BOOK! That book is such a tear jerker, I cried many times throughout the process, but there's one particular scene that I literally could not voice without breaking down into WRACKING sobs. I started cussing her out. I'd read a little, start whimpering, then say god dammit,*sob* then say f#*@ you Rebecca Yarros! You cruel woman! *sob* You masochist! oh god *more sobbing* I had those outakes saved, but I can never find them when I look for them so they may be lost on an old computer.

SFN: What's your pre-recording ritual?

TH: I go for a walk when I wake up to get the blood flowing, then doom scroll on social media for a bit to avoid having to go to work, sometime much later than I should allow, I finally decide I've procrastinated enough that I've wasted my morning and I get to work.

SFN: What do you love to do on your days off?

TH: Days off? What is this Day...OFF you speak of? Do people do that?? I need to do some research about this whole concept. Days off...huh...seems like something I could enjoy. I'd probably golf more than twice a year.

Be sure to check out this jokester's featured audios - we've got three this week! New release Center Ice by Julia Connors and our two featured sales! If you haven't already, follow Teddy on Instagram @narratedbyteddyhamilton.

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