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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.

Billy West

In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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Another Black Different People Voice White World
All 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.
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Actor Country Different Everyman People Sounded Used
You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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People Watches Way
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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High Intellectual Like People
Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
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Changing Character Different People Public
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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Expecting Point Thinking View
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Kind Observation Observe
You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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Hero One Own Point World
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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Doubt Listening People Talented Trying
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Believe Character Real
I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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Televisoion Unit Watches
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Craft Happy Long
The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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Belive Character Rooted
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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Flawed Perfect Thinking
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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Doors Kids Scare Seduce Somebody
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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Bathtub Caught Deal Great Sex Somebody Thinking

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