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 WESTBut 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 WESTFuturama is a sonic world, and everyone’s attention is focused on that sound and that little cartoon image. You can change it.
BILLY WESTI don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
BILLY WESTIn a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
BILLY WESTEverybody. 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 WESTI don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
BILLY WESTAs long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
BILLY WESTI consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
BILLY WESTI’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
BILLY WESTAll 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.
BILLY WESTRobert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
BILLY WESTSpace Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
BILLY WESTThe only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
BILLY WESTI’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
BILLY WESTDon’t spend your life thinking about what somebody did or if they failed at this or if they did great at that or they got caught with a monkey, in a bathtub, having sex.
BILLY WESTSomebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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