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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.

Billy West

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
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Craft Happy Long
You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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Hero One Own Point World
The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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Day Hero One Own People Thinking World
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Kind Observation Observe
You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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People Watches Way
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
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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Band Coming Listen Loner Play School
Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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Kids Perception Scare
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Country People Performances Voice
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
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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High Intellectual Like People
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
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
I’m not like a high intellectual.
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High Intellectual Like People
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

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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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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