Billy West

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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