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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.

Billy West

You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Kind Observation Observe
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Hardest Real Voice
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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Attention Cartoon Character Sonic Special
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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Forever People Something Trying
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
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
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
Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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Kids Perception Scare
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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Causes Chance Littles Release Scared
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
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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High Intellectual Like People
Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Different People Sounded
You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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People Watches Way
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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Expecting Point Thinking View
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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Cartoon Long People Popular
You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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Hero One Own Point World

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