Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
BILLY WESTYou should at one point become the hero of your own world.
More Billy West Quotes
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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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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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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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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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 like a high intellectual.
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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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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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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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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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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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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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