I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
BILLY WESTTom 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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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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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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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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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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Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
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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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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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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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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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