Stephen Hillenburg Quotes

I work with all these amazing voice actors that do a kajillion voices.

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 play a lot of nerdy voices.

I love any kind of acting, so if I could focus on becoming the best actor I can strictly on my voice, I would love that.

My dad does tons of voiceovers; he was Duke in 'G.I. Joe' and 'Transformers' and Handy, Lazy, and Grouchy Smurf, so I grew up with the best bed time stories ever.

I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.

I did take some voiceover classes. I always loved the idea of doing a voice for a cartoon character. I just voiced the character of Suzi X in the upcoming 'The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.'

Doing voiceovers is so great because even though many people would think it's just your voice, you really do use all your physicality. I've done everything from playing a butterfly to Alice in Wonderland when she's 10 feet tall, so it allows you to be an actor and build new characters.

When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Mel Blanc, who is arguably one of the most legendary voiceover recording artists of our time. I used to watch all the cartoons where he would voice Daffy, Elmer Fudd and Porky the Pig. I knew one day I wanted to do that.

Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.

Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.

In my career, I have done more than a thousand voice-overs in commercials, cartoons, and radio shows, so I'm very familiar of my voice capabilities and its range.

Voice work is really fun and challenging. I like learning different skills and different styles, and this is definitely different from doing a play or a filmed TV show.

I'm really comfortable doing voice-overs, but it's really fun to do animation. Those animation talents are hysterical. They're so good, and they're so amazingly quick on their feet.

I do voicework all the time.

I'd like to do voiceovers my whole life. I get to kind of create a character and go in and play.

I guess the biggest challenge to doing any kind of animation voice work is that you only have your voice to tell the story.

There are far more talented people doing voice work than I.

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

My dad had such a cool job. When you're a voiceover actor, it's a whole different skill - you're bringing these huge, larger-than-life monsters and characters to life. And, also, you have to learn accents.

Life as a voice actress is tough. It's not an easy career.

I love doing voice-over. It's so fun.

A lot of times when people cast me, they want this big, deep black voice... And I tend to recycle them with different roles from time to time.

I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.