In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
BILLY WESTI’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
More Billy West Quotes
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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 have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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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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To 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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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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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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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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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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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’m not like a high intellectual.
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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 watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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I consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
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