Do you hear someone else when you are reading?

I've mastered the art of having someone else's voice narrate whatever Im reading at the time. My friends tell me that Im fucking crazy but i think that its perfectly normal.


So my question is when you do hear someone narrate your readings or if you could have someone read to you your favorite books, who would it be?

Mine is Morgan Freeman

I find that I hear a different voice for each character and narrator for each book. There's no one voice that I hear all the time, or would want to hear for every book I read.

That makes perfect sense. I read incredibly slowly, but I do remember almost everything that I do read.

It depends on the book. I occasionally read some rather dry, academic material and that usually involves me narrating. For other cases, there could be one or more other voices involved. It's one of the annoyances of the cinefication of a book I have read. The voices seldom sound like the ones I have conjured.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm a schizophrenic
And so am I

I read according to the mood of the character.
I've mastered some pretty awesome accents in my head, too. But I'm not so great at repeating it aloud.

So I've basically come to the conclusion that this is crazy, but its TRUE! Cate Blanchett's voice sounds like it would be good but i got a new one that everyone should try out...

Flava Flav ( Just the thought of him actually picking up a book and being able to read it is funny to me) yeaaaahhhhhh boiiii

I always 'hear' a voice when I read, but it isn't usually the voice of a real person. Usually, it's kind of a younger, quieter version of myself. But yeah, when I'm reading fiction I get a little more creative with the voices.

I rarely pay attention to it because the voice in my head tends to comment on the book rather than read it to me. Like the annoying person at the theater going "Oh that's so cool... No don't go in there!" and such. Plus the voice changes every time.

If you haven't seen 10 Items or Less, you need to. Your post totally reminded me of the first scene.

I do this , i have a few voices.

When i read comics though i seem to imagine the voices from the films , so when i read Batman i have christian bale's voice in my head...............i had never really thought about it too much till now.

I don't hear anyone... if I did hear a voice Brian Blessed would be fun, although not perhaps all that appropriate for most books.

Upon further consideration, I have decided that when I read either non-fiction or narration, it will be the voice of Patrick Stewart in my head.

Make it so!

FIXED

Ben Affleck. That's why I'm not a big reader.

Without fail, I always hear Garrison Keillor.

This is a great thread.

I don't consistently hear voices when I read, but if I do, it's usually mine, affecting a ridiculous accent.