I consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
BILLY WESTSomebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
More Billy West Quotes
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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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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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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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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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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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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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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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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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