Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
BILLY WESTRobin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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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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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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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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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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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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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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Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
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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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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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