Cupcakke Quotes

The fun part about doing voiceovers and all that stuff is that you're not yourself; you're some other looking thing and sounding thing and whatever else.

I've been told that I'm good at impersonating people.

I loved the opportunity to just transform my voice. I loved the idea of doing impressions and mimicking and playing around with the spectrum of your own voice. That's what I enjoy most about doing voice-overs.

I had to change the shape of my own voice. It was quite hard to pull off and so once I had it, I stayed in Hitchcock's voice all day on set.

I've been doing this since I was 10 years old, inhabiting different people and playing different roles.

Usually, impersonations come out of something you dig, because you're listening to it over and over. And you kind of start developing... You're really trying to emulate them, then you realize, 'I sound ridiculous doing this. Oh, hey, maybe this is a funny impersonation.'

I once called construction companies to bid on an addition to the school library so that there would suddenly be people outside, measuring the building. 'Who authorized this?' the principal would ask. The answer: 'Howie Mandel.'

I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.

As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.'

I'm a good mimic.

I used to do impersonations: Harry Butler in the wild, or I'd do Gough Whitlam.

I have always been a good mimic.

I didn't change my voice for 'The Boondocks.'

There's something in my voice tonally that's like a boy, so I started being able to do boy voices and to be known as having a naturalistic boy tone without pushing it.

I was impersonating people way, way, way early, as far back as I can remember. And I would do people on my street for my parents, I remember. And in school, I did the same thing with all the teachers. It was just like, I mean, it was something I loved to do. I don't think there was a time when I wasn't doing it. I was always doing it.

I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.

I kind of want to start doing some prank calls.

Whitney Houston came in. Someone dared me to do "the Gap act" on her. You know, the Gap act. So I went up to her like I didn't know who she was, and I said, 'Hi, I just wanted to let you know about our sale items and make sure to check out our new colors'. She looked at me like I was crazy.

Part 5 The Voice- Make that my voice

People in life, when they have a tendency to exaggerate or lie or whatever, you always sort of notice that their voice goes up quite high.

You can't just replace someone with a regular-looking guy who didn't say any of the lines.

I'm experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it's appropriate I do it on the record.

I used to go out with actresses and other female impersonators.

A rogue is a roundabout fool.

Maybe I should try singing like a man.