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 WESTEven 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.
More Billy West Quotes
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I’m not like a high intellectual.
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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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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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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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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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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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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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John Kricfalusi is very talented; he used to really piss me off. But I did good work, you know? The Ren & Stimpy show without me was totally unsuccessful.
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Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like.
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As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.
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I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
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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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