If you want to get into the business of doing voices for cartoons, you've got to be a good actor. It's all about acting. It's not about the voice. The voice is just one part of what you bring to the character. Bob Bergen More Quotes by Bob Bergen More Quotes From Bob Bergen There's no such thing as good voices. Because there's no such thing as bad voices. There are only good actors and bad actors. Bob Bergen good-actors voice actors Most people who go into show business want to go into show business. I wanted to be Porky Pig. That was my goal in life when I was five, to which my mother said, you can't be Porky Pig. You're Jewish! I don't think she realized what I wanted to do with the pig...I didn't want to eat him, I wanted to voice him. Bob Bergen mother pigs thinking I've been doing Porky Pig for 21 years for Warner Brothers. Bob Bergen brother pigs years No matter what it is in life that you want kid, just want it worse than anybody else [and] work harder than anybody else to get there. Bob Bergen hard-work want kids I feel kind of fortunate that over the last 25 years I've been in almost every Disney/Pixar film. Bob Bergen lasts kind years I will tell you that the ego in me would love to play the lead. I would have loved to have been Buzz Lightyear, or Woody in "Toy Story," "Toy Story 2" but they hire celebrities for that, well-known people. Bob Bergen ego play people I'm fortunate in that I'm what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there's five or six minor characters in a scene, that need voice and personality [and] I can supply those characters. Bob Bergen voice player character Once you prove yourself, that you're a utility player, they're going to contact you and say, hey, yeah, we need you for a film next Thursday at Fox or Sony or whatever. You kind of get a reputation. Bob Bergen player foxes needs Would I like to play the lead? You bet. Absolutely. But I get to have fun and I don't have to shave when I go to work. Bob Bergen having-fun play fun For people who want to get into the voiceover industry, even if you want to get into commercial, you need to become a really, really good actor. Bob Bergen actors people needs Despite the fact that wanted to voice aclassic character, a majority of my day-to-day is not Porky Pig. It's commercials and original characters, promos and other aspects of the business. Porky's just kind of high-profile. Bob Bergen voice pigs character All characters have a voice but not all voices have character. And it's all about character and personality. Bob Bergen voice personality character Mel Blanc passed away in '89, and they held auditions, and I did my first job [as Porky Pig] in 1990. Bob Bergen pigs jobs firsts I studied voiceover, and I studied acting and I got my first series and my first agent a week out of high school. And it took me about five years of hit-or-miss auditioning and booking on occasion before I could support myself totally as an actor. Bob Bergen support years school I had a very specific goal and I think kids, more than adults, don't understand obstacles and competition. I wanted to be this one cartoon character [Porky Pig], couldn't figure out why I couldn't do it, other than living in the midwest. Bob Bergen character kids thinking It sounded nothing like the classic "That's all folks" that the character did. So everytime I'm asked to do it - and nine out of ten "Looney Tunes" shows ends with Porky coming out saying "That's all folks" - I'll say to them, which one do you want? Bob Bergen tunes want character Fortunately, we have writers who very much respect the classic characters and the integrity of the classic characters, that are also terrific comedy writers and are able to put these classic characters in new and interesting, and quite funny situations for today. Bob Bergen integrity character interesting I love pork. I love a good BLT. I know that sounds horrible but I do. I'm a total foodie. I love cooking and I love traveling and I love finding new places to eat and new cuisines to eat. Don't be shocked if you see me munching down on a baby back rib. Bob Bergen pork cooking baby
