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.
BILLY WESTLife 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.
More Billy West Quotes
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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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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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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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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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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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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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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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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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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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