Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
BILLY WESTThe only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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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.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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.”
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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won’t leave people saying, ‘Gee, it could have been better, it could’ve been this, it could’ve been that.’
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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you’re going to do.
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I consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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I’m not angry. Everybody thinks I’m so angry because I have a point of view. They’re expecting me to just be all Smucker’s Jam.
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