Billy West on plot
Billy West14 quotes“To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It’s hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff – so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.”
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I did speak out about celebrities because I thought it was appalling. I thought that if the cartoon became popular, it was only going to last as long as the career of the people who are in it.
Billy WestBilly West I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
Billy WestBilly West Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
Billy WestBilly West John Kricfalusi is very talented; he used to really piss me off. But I did good work, you know? The Ren & Stimpy show without me was totally unsuccessful.
Billy WestBilly West All actors used to sound different. Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable. They were like men’s voices, but they weren’t Everyman, it was them.
Billy WestBilly West Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
Billy WestBilly West Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
Billy WestBilly West Everybody. Somebody would just stick their head in the door and say, “He sounds too Jewish.” Or, “He’s too tough, he’s off-putting. You gotta seduce kids, not scare them out the door.”
Billy WestBilly West I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
Billy WestBilly West The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
Billy WestBilly West The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
Billy WestBilly West I’m not like a high intellectual.
Billy WestBilly West Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
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The story is not in the plot but in the telling.
Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le Guin Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
Erica JongErica Jong The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
E. M. ForsterE. M. Forster I don’t really write plots. I use history as the engine that drives everything.
Alan FurstAlan Furst Anyone who has ever walked upright has loved beer, celebrated over it, told talks over it, hatched plots over it, courted over it.
Alan D. EamesAlan D. Eames I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage?.
Alan AyckbournAlan Ayckbourn Language is the ticket to plot and character, after all, because both are built out of language.
Aimee BenderAimee Bender Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna