Most people who go into show business want to go into show business.
BOB BERGENMost people who go into show business want to go into show business.
BOB BERGENWould I like to play the lead? You bet. Absolutely. But I get to have fun and I don’t have to shave when I go to work.
BOB BERGENI studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high school.
BOB BERGENI’m fortunate in that I’m what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there’s five or six minor characters in a scene, that need voice and personality [and] I can supply those characters.
BOB BERGENMel Blanc passed away in ’89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990.
BOB BERGENSo everytime I’m asked to do it – and nine out of ten “Looney Tunes” shows ends with Porky coming out saying “That’s all folks” – I’ll say to them, which one do you want?
BOB BERGENI love cooking and I love traveling and I love finding new places to eat and new cuisines to eat. Don’t be shocked if you see me munching down on a baby back rib.
BOB BERGENFortunately, we have writers who very much respect the classic characters and the integrity of the classic characters, that are also terrific comedy writers and are able to put these classic characters in new and interesting, and quite funny situations for today.
BOB BERGENI love pork. I love a good BLT. I know that sounds horrible but I do. I’m a total foodie.
BOB BERGENI’ve been doing Porky Pig for 21 years for Warner Brothers.
BOB BERGENDespite the fact that wanted to voice aclassic character, a majority of my day-to-day is not Porky Pig.
BOB BERGENYou’re Jewish! I don’t think she realized what I wanted to do with the pig…I didn’t want to eat him, I wanted to voice him.
BOB BERGENFor people who want to get into the voiceover industry, even if you want to get into commercial, you need to become a really, really good actor.
BOB BERGENAll characters have a voice but not all voices have character. And it’s all about character and personality.
BOB BERGENI will tell you that the ego in me would love to play the lead. I would have loved to have been Buzz Lightyear, or Woody in “Toy Story,” “Toy Story 2” but they hire celebrities for that, well-known people.
BOB BERGENOnce you prove yourself, that you’re a utility player, they’re going to contact you and say, hey, yeah, we need you for a film next Thursday at Fox or Sony or whatever. You kind of get a reputation.
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