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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.

Billy West

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

Doubt Listening People Talented Trying
Everybody. 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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Doors Kids Scare Seduce Somebody
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Country People Performances Voice
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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Bathtub Caught Deal Great Sex Somebody Thinking
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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Expecting Point Thinking View
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
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 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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Dare Ego Something
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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Character Plot Pretty Rather Stuff
You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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People Watches Way
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
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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Attention Cartoon Change Everyone Image Sound
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
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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Changing Character Different People Public
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Craft Happy Long
The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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Day Hero One Own People Thinking World

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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