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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More Billy West Quotes
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It’s very hard to take a character out of nothing, and put a hook on it, especially because it’s only sonic.
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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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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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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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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 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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John 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.
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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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