Character Voice Quotes

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

Dialogue is generally the worst choice for exposition. When you're writing lines you need to focus on the way people actually talk. And when we talk to each other we never actually explain our terms. We don't say 'Sweetheart, would you pass me the sugar bowl, which we picked up for a song at that antique stall in Munich.'

I did a voice for Odo, but people don't recognize you by your voice.

When I was growing up, I was so fascinated by Mel Blanc and all of the different voices that he did for 'Looney Tunes' and watching Robin Williams record voice-over for the genie in 'Aladdin.' It always seemed to be a major honor - something you have to earn. Like people trust you when they want to have you there without seeing you.

I write in character a lot.

I'm a musician, and I'm fascinated with the effects of sound, and tone, and pitch and melody and all that sort of stuff. It's the first thing I have to solidify whenever...I get into a character. The first thing I need to get sorted out before I can then move forward, before I can feel any confidence whatsoever, is the voice.

The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and have to question yourself; but normally, dialogue writes itself.

When people ask me about my dialogue, I say, 'Don't you hear people talking?' That's all I do. I hear a certain type of individual, I decide this is what he should be, whatever it is, and then I hear him. Well, I don't hear anybody that I can't make talk.

I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them.

Being cast as the voice of Rainbow Brite for the relaunch of this iconic show is truly an honor.

Once I started to value and respect my characters, I could really hear them. I just let them start talking.

My characters don't talk necessarily in a normal American way of talking. They talk a little different.

I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show.

Voice acting is very creative, especially 'Star Wars' voice acting, because there's so much you have to imagine.

I feel like that would be pretty strange to meet a voice actor as a kid.

There's surprisingly little difference between writing from a male angle and from a female angle, but I feel more restricted in my language when I'm writing as a male character because males tend to sound less emotionally expressive than females.

Someone at Disney heard one of the records and called me in to do the sounds of Lucifer the Cat in Cinderella.

Oh, here comes Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and Jimmy Smits!

I got a phone call from George Miller [the director] asking me to play this role. We sat down and he showed me on his computer a documentary-type montage sequence of real penguins swimming, in an Esther Williams synchronized sort of way, and doing things I have never seen them do. Then he explained his vision of the film, asked me to read the script and to voice the character. I was cast a little bit later, and he let me do the singing as well!

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 don't think Tom Hardy has an actual voice of his own. Except maybe the one in 'The Dark Knight Rises,' as Bane.

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue.

Acting is a plum gig, and then animation is an even more plum gig.

With musical theatre, although there are rules, they're so different to the ones I feel like I have accidentally been ingrained with writing pop music. The main point is to tell the story. You just have to make sure the character's voice is strong and the storytelling is strong.