For 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 BERGENMost people who go into show business want to go into show business.
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Would 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.
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I love pork. I love a good BLT. I know that sounds horrible but I do. I’m a total foodie.
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I’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.
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I feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I’ve been in almost every Disney/Pixar film.
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Once 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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I studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high school.
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Mel Blanc passed away in ’89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990.
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Fortunately, 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.
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All characters have a voice but not all voices have character. And it’s all about character and personality.
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So 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?
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I 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.
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You’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.
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The voice is just one part of what you bring to the character.
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And it took me about five years of hit-or-miss auditioning and booking on occasion before I could support myself totally as an actor.
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Most people who go into show business want to go into show business.
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