Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
BILLY WESTSpace Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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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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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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Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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 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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It’s very hard to take a character out of nothing, and put a hook on it, especially because it’s only sonic.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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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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