H. JON BENJAMIN

I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I did.

Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.

I started doing comedy with no plan to do voice work. Voice work came as a function of doing comedy and meeting people who eventually develop shows like that. I didn't seek out from an early age to be on cartoons.

If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen.

I've learned to wait 'til an idea is worth making. That's not really a lesson I've learned; I sort of always did it that way. But there's no reason or need to make videos prior to when you make a show, because then you need material for it.

I need to lose some weight. I'm getting really fat. But I'm getting older, and I just can't stop eating wonderful food. Rich, wonderful food.

I've never worked for a show or was on a show where I didn't have a lot of control creatively, but then again, I haven't worked on a lot of shows.

It's physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don't sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me - couple days a month, two hours a day.

I'm not opposed to putting myself in danger for meaningless comedy.

It feels like animation has a little more independence than traditional sitcoms ever did.

Voice actors I used to know who were starting out in comedy were guys who did a lot of voices. They were usually comedy actors who developed their comedy by doing tons of impressions and voices that were usually very funny. And I never did any of that, so that's, I guess, why I don't consider myself a voice actor.

My foray into comedy was to avoid getting a job.

I don't recommend not working hard, but it's worked for me.

I actually walk through Washington Square Park a lot.

I remember on 'Dr. Katz,' there was no script really at all. There were just scene outlines.

I think, to a degree, I'm maybe more suited for voice work. And I don't just mean my face and body. Because maybe there's something about what I do that just, for some reason, is better to just hear me.

I'm something of a foodie, I guess, and I'm a big Chinese food fan.

It's mainly been the case where I do very few live action roles - not out of choice but more out of not getting asked.

I think the personal stories that I tell in my life, I think, sort of do add up to say that you can fail and fail and fail again and continue to move forward.

I wasn't classically trained as an actor; I wasn't pursuing standup comedy. I really came into it through the back door. And there was a benefit to that, I think, because I wasn't pressing; I wasn't pushing.

Incompetent and relentless are the worst combination of qualities.

David Wain's character on 'Bob's Burgers' is really funny and silly and makes me laugh.

I was a teenager when 'Miami Vice' came out, and that was such a huge show.

I worked in restaurants, and I worked in the Cambridge Public Library.

For me, performing isn't really particularly difficult.