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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

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

Character Personality Voice
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’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
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.
BOB BERGEN

Actor Auditioning Took Total Year
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
Most people who go into show business want to go into show business.
BOB BERGEN

Mother Pig Thinking
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
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
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.
BOB BERGEN

Contact Foxes Needs Player Reputation
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
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 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
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’ve been doing Porky Pig for 21 years for Warner Brothers.
BOB BERGEN

Brother Pigs Years
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

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