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 WESTI don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
More Billy West Quotes
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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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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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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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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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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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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