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 WESTIn a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
More Billy West Quotes
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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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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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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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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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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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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