Tom Kenny Professions : Actor Born : July 13, 1962 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Tom Kenny SpongeBob is a good role model as far as imaginary creatures go. He works hard and his emotional highs are very high, he's either giddy or utterly devastating and crying like a lawnsprinkler... SpongeBob is bipolar. Tom Kenny role-models emotional hard-work A lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard. Tom Kenny driven scripts actors People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer. Tom Kenny voice class people You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life. Tom Kenny kind real remember Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the touchstone for everybody. He kind of invented the job and was the first voice actor to get onscreen credit. Tom Kenny careers jobs kids I don't have confidence in my instincts, and I feel like I have to go through a very right-brain and left-brain process. Tom Kenny instinct process brain Some people like doing crossword puzzles or Sudoku. I love auditioning. On camera, I hated auditioning. But voiceovers I like trying to figure it out, then getting in there and seeing how close you can get. Tom Kenny cameras trying people There's a lot of kids' shows that are really popular ratings-wise, but they don't sell a lot of stuff. A character on a backpack just doesn't have the same appeal as watching it on TV. Tom Kenny wise character kids I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error. Tom Kenny errors voice listening I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason. Tom Kenny voice sweet character I just felt like there was a world of cartoon voices that had to be discovered by me. Tom Kenny like me cartoon world He's not a child but he's childlike, he's not a grown up, he's not a kid, maybe he sounds like an elf on helium, we'll play with it. Tom Kenny child like childlike play Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
