I don’t have that much of an ego where it’s like “How dare you, you can’t do something without me.”
BILLY WESTBut 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.
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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You should at one point become the hero of your own world.
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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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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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The only thing I have to say to people – try being the hero of your own world one day.
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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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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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In a black-and-white world, back in the ’50s, were voices from another era.
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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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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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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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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.
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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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