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 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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Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.
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I’m not like a high intellectual. That’s the thing.
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The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some sort.
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Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.
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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 consider myself to be flawed, but I made it work. I’m not perfect. Anybody who thinks they are is whacked-out.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
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Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
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Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.
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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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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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You watch people and study them the way an alien would.
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