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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 Bergen

All characters have a voice but not all voices have character. And it’s all about character and personality.
BOB BERGEN

Character Personality Voice
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 BERGEN

Actors Needs People
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.
BOB BERGEN

Excitement Fun Having Play
I love pork. I love a good BLT. I know that sounds horrible but I do. I’m a total foodie.
BOB BERGEN

Baby Cooking Foodie Pork
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.
BOB BERGEN

Character Integrity Interesting Situation
I feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I’ve been in almost every Disney/Pixar film.
BOB BERGEN

Kind Lasts Years
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.
BOB BERGEN

Baby Cok Cuisine Love Rib Traveling
Mel Blanc passed away in ’89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990.
BOB BERGEN

Firsts Jobs Pigs
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.
BOB BERGEN

Eat Realized Voice Wanted
Despite the fact that wanted to voice aclassic character, a majority of my day-to-day is not Porky Pig.
BOB BERGEN

Character Pigs Voice
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.
BOB BERGEN

Call Character Player Scene Voice
The voice is just one part of what you bring to the character.
BOB BERGEN

Character Part Voice
Most people who go into show business want to go into show business.
BOB BERGEN

Mother Pig Thinking
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?
BOB BERGEN

Coming Ends Folks Nine Shows
I 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 BERGEN

Celebrities Ego Love People Play
I wanted to be this one cartoon character [Porky Pig], couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t do it, other than living in the midwest.
BOB BERGEN

Cartoon Character Figure Midwest Wanted

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.

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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.

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