A friendly, down-to-earth American man in his mid-40s chatting one-on-one, like a long phone call with an old buddy about an actress they both remember. Warm mellow baritone, a touch rough at the edges. Loose, natural conversational pacing with real pauses to think, a quiet "huh" of surprise before a twist, a softer, lower voice when the story gets sad, and a smile you can hear when it gets good. Plain spoken General American, says every name clearly. Sounds like a real person talking off the cuff, not reading.
Oh, you remember [emphasis]her[/emphasis]! Yeah, [emphasis]Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio[/emphasis]. Huh... [pause] You know, I actually saw her in a play, back in, uh... I wanna say it was '88? Yeah, it was '88. She was fantastic. Much sadder part, though. [softly, lower pitch] Real gut-wrenching performance. Really stuck with me. [normal pitch, slight smile in voice] But then you see her in something like [emphasis]The Color of Money[/emphasis], and she just [emphasis]lights up[/emphasis] the screen, right? Just a natural.
