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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’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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Doing Me Said 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.
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Character Fall Lines
I’m not like a high intellectual.
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High Intellectual Like People
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
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
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Hardest Real Voice
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
I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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Televisoion Unit Watches
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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Flawed Perfect Thinking
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Believe Character Real
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
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
Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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Kids Perception Scare
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
As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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Craft Happy Long

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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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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