Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up.
It's very hard to take a character out of nothing, and put a hook on it, especially because it's only sonic. Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone'… - Billy West
It's very hard to take a character out of nothing, and put a hook on it, especially because it's only sonic. Futurama is a sonic world, and everyone'…
- Billy West
Everybody's got a bully pulpit now, and everybody's mad. I don't blame people for being angry and frustrated about everything. I'm old, but I'm not p… - Billy West
Everybody's got a bully pulpit now, and everybody's mad. I don't blame people for being angry and frustrated about everything. I'm old, but I'm not p…
I've always said that you can't be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc's voice. - Billy West
I've always said that you can't be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc's voice.
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 unsucces… - Billy West
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 unsucces…
Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character. - Billy West
Tom Kenny is a master of changing a pubic hair this way or that way, and sounding like a totally different character.
Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like. Everybody. Somebody would just stick their head … - Billy West
Space Jam was weird because everybody has their own perception of what Bugs Bunny should sound like. Everybody. Somebody would just stick their head …
To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff - so be it. But to me, it… - Billy West
To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff - so be it. But to me, it…
But 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 … - Billy West
But 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 …
Somebody's real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt. The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some… - Billy West
Somebody's real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt. The characters are all, believe it or not, rooted in a reality of some…
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