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" A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two and go, 'Let me try a bunch of things I was thinking of, as you were doing that.' "

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" I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums. "

Hank Azaria

Myself

Friends

Growing Up

" I would love to do Broadway again. "

" When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you. "

" The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts. "

" Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in. "

" I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend. "

Hank Azaria

Weekend

Watch

" I have no new voices - they've all been used. "

" Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business. "

" Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape. "

" There's no experience like on-the-job training. "

Hank Azaria

Training

Experience

" When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.' "

" Godzilla's a monster for the '90s. He's been working out. "

" When you mimic everyone, sometimes authority figures really don't appreciate it which is not an original story. And pretty much every comedian has some tale of that. "

" I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads. "

" It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next. "

Hank Azaria

Voice

Really

" I've been doing silly voices since I was a child. "

" I had kind of sworn off network TV a while ago. "

" In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two. "

" I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics. "

" I've been divorced and I had to get back out there be single again and do some of that in the genuinely miserable state where you really do wonder what the hell is going on. And you feel like trying to have casual conversation with someone you don't know on the surface of the moon or something. "

" I bartended for a catering company for two or three years. "

" I love acting, but I want to explore other things. "

" My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius. "

" The Iraq War. No one took to the streets over it. It certainly would have been appropriate. If anybody even hinted we should... you were called un-American and not supporting the troops. "

" You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right. "

" You know those award shows. The cliche is that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that happens to be true. Whoever wins it in the end, I don't know, sometimes it feels arbitrary. Sometimes it feels like it's deserving. "

" I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners. "

" You know, I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. "

" It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs. "

" Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be. "