I consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
BILLY WESTThe characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
More Billy West Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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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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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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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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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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