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.

Once you prove yourself, that you're a utility player, they're going to contact you and say, hey, yeah, we need you for a film next Thursday at Fox or Sony or whatever. You kind of get a reputation.

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

Would I like to play the lead? You bet. Absolutely. But I get to have fun and I don't have to shave when I go to work.

I had a very specific goal and I think kids, more than adults, don't understand obstacles and competition. I wanted to be this one cartoon character [Porky Pig], couldn't figure out why I couldn't do it, other than living in the midwest.

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.

Despite the fact that wanted to voice aclassic character, a majority of my day-to-day is not Porky Pig. It's commercials and original characters, promos and other aspects of the business. Porky's just kind of high-profile.