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 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.
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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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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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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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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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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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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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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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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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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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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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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Don’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.
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