Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
BILLY WESTI don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
More Billy West Quotes
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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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 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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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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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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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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