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.”
BILLY WESTSpace Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
More Billy West Quotes
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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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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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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’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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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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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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