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" As a kid, I just loved cartoons. And as the credits went by, I'd study those names and then try to figure how I could get hired to do what Mel Blanc and Daws Butler did. Create all of these great voices for animated characters. "
Kid
Great
Loved
" As long as it comes across, the characters are well-served, the stories are good, and people like it, that's it for me. I'm a happy guy. "
Happy
People
Me
" By the time 'Dumbo's Circus' wrapped production of its 120 episodes, I had an agent, and I had scored my first feature film gig. "
Circus
Time
Production
" I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out. "
Character
Head
I Can
" I loved Ray from 'The Princess and the Frog.' He was my guy. There was no Ray before me, so there's a level of satisfaction there. "
Me
Satisfaction
Frog
" I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder. "
Argument
Job
Myself
" I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously. "
Swing
Voice
Work
" One good thing about animation is that, if you do screw up a line, they won't use it. You can keep going until it's right. "
Right
Keep Going
Good
" Sterling Holloway, the actor who had originally voiced Pooh, decided to retire in the mid-1980s. Disney decided that they wanted to continue this character with their 'New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' TV series. "
New
Actor
Character
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