Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
BILLY WESTSpace Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It’s hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff – so be it. But to me, it pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.
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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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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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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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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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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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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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