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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.

Billy West

You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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People Watches Way
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Kind Observation Observe
Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Different People Sounded
The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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Belive Character Rooted
I’m not like a high intellectual.
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High Intellectual Like People
It’s very hard to take a character out of nothing, and put a hook on it, especially because it’s only sonic.
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Attention Cartoon Character Sonic Special
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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Flawed Perfect Thinking
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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High Intellectual Like People
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Country People Performances Voice
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Craft Happy Long
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Believe Character Real
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.
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Actor Country Different Everyman People Sounded Used
I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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Doing Me Said Voice
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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Character Fall Lines
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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Doubt Listening People Talented Trying
In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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Another Black Different People Voice White World

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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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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