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.
BILLY WESTLife 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.
BILLY WESTRobin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
BILLY WESTYou watch people and study them the way an alien would.
BILLY WESTI’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
BILLY WESTRobert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
BILLY WESTI don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
BILLY WESTAll 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.
BILLY WESTSomebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
BILLY WESTFuturama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
BILLY WESTBut 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.
BILLY WESTI’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
BILLY WESTYou have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
BILLY WESTI don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
BILLY WESTI consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
BILLY WESTJohn 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.
BILLY WESTTo 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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