I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
AL YANKOVICI have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
AL YANKOVICWell I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
AL YANKOVICI was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
AL YANKOVICI’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
AL YANKOVICBecause you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
AL YANKOVICMidget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
AL YANKOVICI try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
AL YANKOVICI tend to enunciate pretty well. It’s always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily – which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters.
AL YANKOVICHow can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you’re doing?
AL YANKOVICAs much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
AL YANKOVICI’m very analytical, I’m very precise.
AL YANKOVICNows the time to go for all the gusto you can grab. You’ll have plenty of time to be low-key when you’re laid out on the slab.
AL YANKOVICMany years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
AL YANKOVICI don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
AL YANKOVICI decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
AL YANKOVICSo I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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