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.
BILLY WESTI did speak out about celebrities because I thought it was appalling. I thought that if the cartoon became popular, it was only going to last as long as the career of the people who are in it.
More Billy West Quotes
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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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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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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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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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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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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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I did speak out about celebrities because I thought it was appalling. I thought that if the cartoon became popular, it was only going to last as long as the career of the people who are in 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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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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