Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
BILLY WESTEven 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 don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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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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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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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 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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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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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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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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