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. H. Jon Benjamin More Quotes by H. Jon Benjamin More Quotes From H. Jon Benjamin I'm something of a foodie, I guess, and I'm a big Chinese food fan. H. Jon Benjamin something big chinese-food food Incompetent and relentless are the worst combination of qualities. H. Jon Benjamin relentless combination worst If you do nothing long enough, something's bound to happen. H. Jon Benjamin nothing you enough long 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. H. Jon Benjamin worth wait you way 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. H. Jon Benjamin fat getting-older eating food 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. H. Jon Benjamin eyes day me work I'm not opposed to putting myself in danger for meaningless comedy. H. Jon Benjamin myself meaningless comedy danger Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America. H. Jon Benjamin live you cute 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. H. Jon Benjamin voice age work people I never pursued acting with, like, auditions. If anything, I was given roles by people who knew me and liked what I did. H. Jon Benjamin never like me people 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. H. Jon Benjamin my-life think you life I worked in restaurants, and I worked in the Cambridge Public Library. H. Jon Benjamin public restaurants library cambridge My foray into comedy was to avoid getting a job. H. Jon Benjamin avoid getting job comedy 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. H. Jon Benjamin door back think comedy Writing is the hardest for me. It doesn't come as naturally as the other forms, and I feel far more dread during the process. Acting and voice acting are more mercurial and maybe come a little easier to me. H. Jon Benjamin feel me voice writing David Wain's character on 'Bob's Burgers' is really funny and silly and makes me laugh. H. Jon Benjamin laugh me character funny 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. H. Jon Benjamin live more choice action I am recognized a lot for 'Master of None.' It seems like that show really touched a cultural nerve in a good way. H. Jon Benjamin i-am good like way I don't consider myself a very good actor. I'm not bad, but there's not a lot of range in characterizations for me. H. Jon Benjamin bad good myself me I remember on 'Dr. Katz,' there was no script really at all. There were just scene outlines. H. Jon Benjamin just i-remember scene remember
