Sponge Bob Quotes

• I would say that SpongeBob, at his core, is this optimistic, loving best friend. Getting to play him every day has sort of rubbed off on me and improved my life.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Best Friend
  • Improved
  • Sponge Bob

• Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • War
  • House
  • White House

• One of the things I've found about SpongeBob's movement style is that, in addition to being animated and sort of stretching and squeezing, he's really based on the classic silent comedians, physical comedians.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Style
  • Found
  • Comedians

• Playing SpongeBob is freeing. There is something intrinsically about him that people identify with no matter their age.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Identity
  • Sponge Bob
  • Freeing

• I feel very proud of everyone I've worked with on 'SpongeBob' because they're all brilliant artists working at the top of their game to make something really special, and I think audiences feel that.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Game
  • Proud
  • Audiences

• I would say I'm the normal level of 'SpongeBob' fan, which is that it's been out since I was a kid, and it's part of the zeitgeist.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Kid
  • Fan
  • Zeitgeist

• The only reason to do a 'SpongeBob' on Broadway is if it's gonna bring something new to the brand, something new to 'SpongeBob,' and also something innovative to theater and to Broadway.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Reason
  • Theater
  • Broadway

• SpongeBob's voice is really pingy and forward and nasally. The problem is, if you live in the extreme of that for more than 10 minutes, it can be a little grating, and it can be hard on your voice. Also, it gets in the way of the acting to be forcing your voice into this place.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Problem
  • Voice
  • Forcing

• The process of finding my voice as SpongeBob was to start by watching what Tom Kenny did, trying to do an impression of sorts, and then forgetting all about it and letting the voice become a second-nature thing.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Forgetting
  • Sponge Bob
  • My Voice

• We're all sort of aware what 'SpongeBob the Musical' could be in the hands of the wrong people.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Hands
  • Sponge Bob
  • Wrong People

• The whole cast and creative team were definitely aware of the 'This is the death of Broadway!' kind of thing about 'SpongeBob,' but we've been really ready to change people's minds. I'm really proud of being part of something that took the most creative route to a commercial entity.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Mind
  • Team
  • Change

• SpongeBob has these qualities that I aspire to. Sure, he's a little naive, maybe, but he's so optimistic and is able to put his love of his friends and family above everything else.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Family
  • Love
  • Friends

• When the show starts, I am in my SpongeBob stance, and I walk like SpongeBob, and the first step that I take, I am SpongeBob.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Show
  • First Step
  • Sponge Bob

• I feel like I've been able to grow personally because of playing SpongeBob.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Grow
  • I Feel Like
  • Sponge Bob

• We all should be so lucky to be as optimistic as SpongeBob.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Optimistic
  • Sponge Bob

• I think I'm a little less naive than SpongeBob can sometimes seem to be.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • I Think
  • Naive
  • Sponge Bob

• I grew up with SpongeBob - it came out in 1999, right before I turned 7. So it's been a part of my life and all my friends' lives and defined our humor, in a way.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Humor
  • Grew Up
  • My Friends

• In the room, when I'm playing SpongeBob, I'm optimistic and I'm happy, and I smile in the face of those who are upset in order to make them happier. You know, there's this overwhelming optimism. And I've been lucky enough to have that become a part of my life. I like to think that it's influenced me.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Happy
  • Optimism
  • Influenced

• The magnitude of being able to make my Broadway debut as SpongeBob in 'SpongeBob SquarePants' really only started to hit me when we took it out of town.

  

  Ethan Slater
  • Broadway
  • Magnitude
  • Sponge Bob