I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
BILLY WESTSomebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
More Billy West Quotes
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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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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.
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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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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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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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The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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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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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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