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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.

Billy West

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
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Kind Observation Observe
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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Character Plot Pretty Rather Stuff
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
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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Actor Country Different Everyman People Sounded Used
The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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Belive Character Rooted
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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Attention Cartoon Change Everyone Image Sound
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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High Intellectual Like People
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Hardest Real Voice
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Country People Performances Voice
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
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Believe Character Real
You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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Hero One Own Point World
I’m not like a high intellectual.
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High Intellectual Like People
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
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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Changing Character Different People Public

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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