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 WESTEverybody. 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’m not like a high intellectual.
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery ’cause of the release you sign that says there’s always a very small percent chance that you’ll die during the operation.
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Even when I was coming through school I was a loner and I used to study music and listen to it and play it and play it, and I was in bands.
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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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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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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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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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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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