Phil LaMarr Quotes

United States, Actor
January 24, 1967

Phillip LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and impressionist who was one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series Mad TV and has had an extensive voice acting career, with major roles spanning animated series Justice League/Justice League Unlimited, Futurama, Samurai Jack, Static Shock and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. He has also provided voices for video games such as Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, the Jak and Daxter series, Darksiders, Final Fantasy XII, Infamous, Dead Island and the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Also known as Voice Actor, Comedian, Immunologist

If you're doing an animated comedy on the same channel as 'South Park,' no one can really tell you anything. The bar has been set so high.

Phil LaMarr
- High
- Comedy
Say what you will about the leadership of 'SNL,' they have crafted an institution as opposed to just running a show. I don't think that's by accident.

Phil LaMarr
- Running
- Leadership

Sometimes when you do voices next to each other, especially when you're first starting out, they tend to bleed into each other. Working on a show like 'Futurama,' we do multiple characters there, but we've been doing it for a while, so the voices are really well-defined in our heads.

Phil LaMarr
Quentin Tarantino was fantastic. I mean, he can be almost unbearable as a person. At a party, you can't get a word in edgewise for, like, an hour. But as a director, he is so completely open and just... present.

Phil LaMarr
- Party
- Present
My very first professional job was a cartoon, doing voices for the Mr. T cartoon in high school.

Phil LaMarr
- School
- Job
- High
It's interesting, because I've worked with people who are just not nice people, and I've worked with people who are crazy, and the difference is: crazy is much worse.

Phil LaMarr
- People
- Interesting
- Nice
I played Dungeons & Dragons and have read comic books since I was a kid.

Phil LaMarr
In video games and animation, you find that the toughest things to make different are the things that aren't words: grunts, groans, gasps.

Phil LaMarr
- Different
- Words

I was such a 'Star Wars' fan. That was my generation.

Phil LaMarr
- Star
On 'MADtv,' I discovered I could do Billy Crystal. 'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 68th Annual Academy Awards!' Surprisingly, there's more call for that one than you'd think.

Phil LaMarr