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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.

Billy West

I consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
BILLY WEST

Flawed Perfect Thinking
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.
BILLY WEST

Expecting Point Thinking View
Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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Believe Character Real
I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
BILLY WEST

High Intellectual Like People
I’m not like a high intellectual.
BILLY WEST

High Intellectual Like People
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.
BILLY WEST

Actor Country Different Everyman People Sounded Used
The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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Day Hero One Own People Thinking World
I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
BILLY WEST

Doing Me Said Voice
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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Bathtub Caught Deal Great Sex Somebody Thinking
I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
BILLY WEST

Televisoion Unit Watches
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.
BILLY WEST

Character Plot Pretty Rather Stuff
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.”
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Doors Kids Scare Seduce Somebody
Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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Country People Performances Voice
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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Attention Cartoon Character Sonic Special
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 WEST

Causes Chance Littles Release Scared

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