black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.

Billy West

Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
BILLY WEST

Different People Sounded
I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
BILLY WEST

Dare Ego Something
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
BILLY WEST

Believe Character Real
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
BILLY WEST

Hardest Real Voice
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.
BILLY WEST

Character Plot Pretty Rather Stuff
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.”
BILLY WEST

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.
BILLY WEST

Cartoon Long People Popular
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
BILLY WEST

High Intellectual Like People
It’s very hard to take a character out of nothing, and put a hook on it, especially because it’s only sonic.
BILLY WEST

Attention Cartoon Character Sonic Special
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.
BILLY WEST

Expecting Point Thinking View
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
BILLY WEST

Craft Happy Long
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

Attention Cartoon Change Everyone Image Sound
The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
BILLY WEST

Belive Character Rooted
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
BILLY WEST

Country People Performances Voice
But the throat just kind of falls into line once you realize in your head what it is. You got to remember the musicality of a character you’re going to do.
BILLY WEST

Character Fall Lines
You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
BILLY WEST

People Watches Way

As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Billy West Quotes