Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
BILLY WESTRobert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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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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Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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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 have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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Don’t spend your life thinking about what somebody did or if they failed at this or if they did great at that or they got caught with a monkey, in a bathtub, having sex.
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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 watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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