John DiMaggio Professions : Voice actor Born : September 4, 1968 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by John DiMaggio I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children. John DiMaggio adults children thinking 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. John DiMaggio fun kids years 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." John DiMaggio voice meat people Slowly but surely, the older I get, the fatter I get. It just goes. John DiMaggio slowly-but-surely I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. John DiMaggio The more you ride the bike, the better it gets, and the more you know how to ride it. John DiMaggio bike know-how knows I think cartoons are important. 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. John DiMaggio cartoon people thinking 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. John DiMaggio face great you happy I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up. I was in a comedy team called Red Johnny And The Round Guy. John DiMaggio always red comedy team 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. John DiMaggio doing story voice work I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!' John DiMaggio awesome show then samurai Any voice where you've got to scream over a battle or whatever, that's always difficult. It's harder than it seems. John DiMaggio you difficult voice battle '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. John DiMaggio here big me people 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. John DiMaggio think love funny children 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. John DiMaggio stand-up stand you important 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. John DiMaggio woman good man life Similar Authors Bob Bergen voice-actor Billy West voice-actor Ahmed Best voice-actor Dave Willis voice-actor Daws Butler voice-actor David Hayter voice-actor All Authors
