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.
BILLY WESTThe only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
More Billy West Quotes
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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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’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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