There's no such thing as good voices. Because there's no such thing as bad voices. There are only good actors and bad actors.

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

If you want to get into the business of doing voices for cartoons, you've got to be a good actor. It's all about acting. It's not about the voice. The voice is just one part of what you bring to the character.

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.

No matter what it is in life that you want kid, just want it worse than anybody else [and] work harder than anybody else to get there.

Most people who go into show business want to go into show business. I wanted to be Porky Pig. That was my goal in life when I was five, to which my mother said, you can't be Porky Pig. 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.

Mel Blanc passed away in '89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990.