John DiMaggio Quotes

#1. Tell me that you don't like cartoons, and I think there's something wrong with you. I don't understand why people don't like cartoons.

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#2. Any good production team is going to allow an actor to breathe life into the characters - that's why they hired that woman, that man, whatever the case.

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#3. Any voice where you've got to scream over a battle or whatever, that's always difficult. It's harder than it seems.

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#4. I love nothing better than a dirty cartoon. I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children.

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#5. As long as I'm working, I'm happy. You see my face - great. You don't see my face - too bad, I don't care. I'll keep going.

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#6. Slowly but surely, the older I get, the fatter I get. It just goes.

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#7. I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy.

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#8. 'Futurama' was a big deal. People had already started to hear about me a little bit here and there, but that was the first series I booked to be a regular on.

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#9. I just don't like it when people get credited for their voice work and it's really shitty. It's really thin, there's nothing to it, there's no meat behind it. It's, like, "Oh, it's a celebrity."

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#10. I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!'

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#11. I don't like it when celebrities get voice work. But then again, if I was the producer, I wouldn't want a bunch of no-names doing my show and have to worry about word-of-mouth. I see both sides of the story.

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#12. The more you ride the bike, the better it gets, and the more you know how to ride it.

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#13. It's fun, I didn't have enough money as a kid to buy a drum set, so I had to do something. I would mimic the sounds. That was it. And it worked. It worked for years.

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#14. As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for your livelihood and your well-being. And if you don't do that, you're going to fail; you're never going to be able to stand up on the cliff and jump off.

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