Jodi Hicks
I was Cynthia -- the baby. I practiced my lines a couple of times, then I just read them. The grownups making the film would tell me to say something in a special way, like I really meant it. On one of the parts, I was supposed to laugh, so they tickled me. It worked. I laughed!
Wil Wheaton
I'm not really sure how I got chosen to do the voice for Martin. I guess I got lucky -- and I fit the character with my voice. When I read Martin's lines, I was just being myself, I didn't try to change my voice into a high squeaky mouse voice. I wrote down what I thought my character was like, and I asked the director questions. I also made sure I liked the part -- I wouldn't have fun doing a part I didn't like. Then, I went into a quiet sound studio, sat down in a chair, and read my lines. I never saw the whole script for the movie. When we taped, I read "sides." Sides are little parts of the script -- a few pages -- a scene, or maybe half a scene.
Shannon Doherty
I played Theresa the mouse, and I really loved her! I made her voice before the artists drew her, and they tried to make her sort of like me. Since I always came to the studio wearing bows, they put a huge bow in the back of her hair! The grownups making the film didn't give me too many directions. They did tell me to say Theresa's lines a few different ways. I'd say a line really excited once, and then I'd say it another way; fearful, or something like that.
Ian Fried
I was Timothy in the film -- Timmy. This mouse was sick in the film, so I had very few lines. It wasn't too hard to play a sick mouse. I happened to have a cold at the time, so I used my regular voice. To get ready to do cartoon voices, I practiced at home with puppets. I even put on a puppet show for friends of mine. The best way to do cartoon voices is to use your own voice. And when the director says, "Let's do it over again," don't sigh.