I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show. Nolan North Read Quote
The really best acting is children in a playground or in a backyard. They’re just lost in their imagination. The backyard isn’t a pirate ship or a jungle, in the same way that the soundstage isn’t Shambala. Nolan North Read Quote
I’ve found a lot of the thinking in America is that a lot of people become actors to become famous. At least from my experience, I have a dozen or so British friends who are actors, and if you look at their body of work, and they’ll go do theatre, and they’ll go do this and this. They work, and they’re always honing and trying to be better. Nolan North Read Quote
My first motion capture game was with Sony – ‘NBA: The Life.’ It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great! Nolan North Read Quote
I’ve always had a penchant for dialects. I remember getting detention and being told, ‘Have a think about where doing these funny voices might get you someday.’ Nolan North Read Quote
I’m an actor. Whether I’m on stage, in front of a camera or a microphone, what I do is the same – although with videogames it requires a lot of imagination. Nolan North Read Quote
Of all the games I’ve done, the only time I’ve ever lost my voice was on ‘Call Of Duty 2,’ playing a rasping Russian captain on the Stalingrad level. Nolan North Read Quote
One thing that’s unique to ‘Uncharted’ is something called ‘chasing picture,’ where Naughty Dog run a section of gameplay and I’m allowed to ad-lib over it. We call it ‘panning for gold.’ Nolan North Read Quote
I am a person who believes in the good of people and who may have had things influence them to a certain degree, but deep down I think most people are good and would like to be good. Nolan North Read Quote
I don’t think ‘Call Of Duty: Black Ops’ sells 25 million plus copies and makes of a billion dollars because of their great storytelling. It’s the multiplayer aspect of that type of game, where people get together to shoot each other and have fun. And it’s very much gameplay; it’s like ‘Gran Turismo’ or one of these racing games. Nolan North Read Quote
