Billy West Quotes

• Somebody’s real voice is probably the hardest one that somebody could attempt.

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• Life is for the living. I was a little scared before surgery ’cause of the release you sign that says there’s always a very small percent chance that you’ll die during the operation.

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• I’ve always said that you can’t be the new Mel Blanc by doing Mel Blanc’s voice.

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• I don’t get to watch Futurama, until it’s on TV.

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• As long as I can apply my craft, I’m happy.

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• Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it’s like to change your voice up.

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• It had more layers than an onion. These writers meant business. There was a level for everybody. Your major could be celestial mechanics, and there’d be celestial-mechanics jokes.

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• Even when I was coming through school, I was a loner and I used to study music and play it and play it, and I was in bands.

   

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• Robert Mitchum sounded different from John Wayne, and John Wayne sounded different from Clark Gable.

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• You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.

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• Well, I happen to have a love of vocal reproduction devices.

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• You watch people and study them the way an alien would.

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• 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 to do.

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• 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 pretty much begins and ends with character-driven plots rather than technologically-driven plots.

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• If someone gave me the chance to create something, I put myself into it. I just want to try to do something that will last forever and that won’t leave people saying, ‘Gee, it could have been better, it could’ve been this, it could’ve been that.’

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• I’m not like a high intellectual.

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Billy West (16)

Birth:	16th April, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Comedian, Singer, Voice Artist

About

Billy West was born in Detroit and raised in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston. He is an American voice actor, singer and comedian best known for his voice-over work in a number of television series, films and commercials.  He also does voices for commercials and is the current voice of the red M&M and Buzz, the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee. In addition to his original voices, he has also voiced Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Shaggy Rogers, Popeye, and Woody Woodpecker during later renditions of the respective characters. He was also a cast member on The Howard Stern Show, noted for his impersonation of The Three Stooges' Larry Fine.

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