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 sort. I've met and talked to people, and they're also fusions of showbiz periphery. But the best thing was, if you did your own voice and you were the star of the show - if it came to blows and they had you on the ropes and you had to leave, then they could just get someone to sound exactly like you.

I'm not angry. Everybody thinks I'm so angry because I have a point of view. They're expecting me to just be all Smucker's Jam.

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

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

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.

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

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.