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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.

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
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.
BILLY WEST

Character Plot Pretty Rather Stuff
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.
BILLY WEST

Character Fall Lines
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Craft Happy Long
I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
BILLY WEST

Televisoion Unit Watches
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 WEST

Causes Chance Littles Release Scared
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.’
BILLY WEST

Forever People Something Trying
Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Different People Sounded
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 WEST

Doors Kids Scare Seduce Somebody
I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
BILLY WEST

Doing Me Said Voice
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
BILLY WEST

Hardest Real Voice
You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
BILLY WEST

People Watches Way
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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High Intellectual Like People
Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
BILLY WEST

Kids Perception Scare
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
BILLY WEST

Kind Observation Observe
I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
BILLY WEST

Dare Ego Something

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