--- title: "4 Animated Quotes By Jim Cummings" description: "4 Animated quotes by Jim Cummings. Plus more from Jim Cummings and more Animated sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/jim-cummings-17329_accents_i-have-a-brand-new-favorite-for-a-disney_1205642.jpg" --- > [I have a brand new favorite for a Disney animated feature coming out next Christmas called The Princess and the Frog. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-have-a-brand-new-favorite-for-a-disney-animated-feature-coming-out/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afe/jim-cummings-17329_accents_i-have-a-brand-new-favorite-for-a-disney_1205642.jpg) > [I have some calls out to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. I said, 'I won't star in any blockbuster films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-have-some-calls-out-to-tom-cruise-brad-pitt-and-eddie-murphy-i-said/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/jim-cummings-17329_animated_i-have-some-calls-out-to-tom-cruise-brad_1263303.jpg) > [I grew up watching all the great Disney animated films and to be able to carry that torch and know that I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-grew-up-watching-all-the-great-disney-animated-films-and-to-be-able/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/jim-cummings-17329_able_i-grew-up-watching-all-the-great-disney_1974281.jpg) > [As a kid, I just loved cartoons. And as the credits went by, I'd study those names and then try to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/as-a-kid-i-just-loved-cartoons-and-as-the-credits-went-by-i-d-study/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/jim-cummings-17329_animated_as-a-kid-i-just-loved-cartoons-and-as-th_2719305.jpg) ## Other authors on Animated ## More by Jim Cummings > [I've done so many other projects where you're in a room with a reader and you're acting your lines out: 'We have to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-ve-done-so-many-other-projects-where-you-re-in-a-room-with-a-reader/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [Mr. Bumpy from Bump in the Night was this funky little guy who lived under the bed and thought eating dust bunnies was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/mr-bumpy-from-bump-in-the-night-was-this-funky-little-guy-who-lived/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/by-the-time-dumbo-s-circus-wrapped-production-of-its-120-episodes-i/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [John Fiedler's voice was kind of like the wind blowing through tall grass. It sounded homey and it sounded comforting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/john-fiedler-s-voice-was-kind-of-like-the-wind-blowing-through-tall/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [I do very little on-camera acting, so within a phrase as a voice actor you have to know how to convey when someone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-do-very-little-on-camera-acting-so-within-a-phrase-as-a-voice-actor/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/one-good-thing-about-animation-is-that-if-you-do-screw-up-a-line-they/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/as-long-as-it-comes-across-the-characters-are-well-served-the-stories/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [I get to be one of the torch-bearers for a new generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-get-to-be-one-of-the-torch-bearers-for-a-new-generation/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-loved-ray-from-the-princess-and-the-frog-he-was-my-guy-there-was-no/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [I have a brand new favorite for a Disney animated feature coming out next Christmas called The Princess and the Frog. I'm Ray the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-have-a-brand-new-favorite-for-a-disney-animated-feature-coming-out/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [A lot of times people will say, 'Well, gosh, you're really good; you should try acting!' And I say, 'Come on! I'm thesping my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/a-lot-of-times-people-will-say-well-gosh-you-re-really-good-you/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [I have some calls out to Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Eddie Murphy. I said, 'I won't star in any blockbuster films if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-have-some-calls-out-to-tom-cruise-brad-pitt-and-eddie-murphy-i-said/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [Don Karnage-he's one of my all-time favorites. He's so brash and so bold and so arrogant-and he just doesn't know what he's doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/don-karnage-he-s-one-of-my-all-time-favorites-he-s-so-brash-and-so/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/i-take-the-work-seriously-which-is-why-i-always-swing-for-the-fences/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) > [The established characters are easy to recall. I don't know why, but they come back to me instantly when I need them. It's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-cummings/the-established-characters-are-easy-to-recall-i-don-t-know-why-but/) [Jim Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-cummings/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animated/jim-cummings/#itemlist", "name": "4 Animated Quotes By Jim Cummings", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have a brand new favorite for a Disney animated feature coming out next Christmas called The Princess and the Frog. I'm Ray the singing Cajun firefly. New Orleans is my second hometown. I was a deckhand on a riverboat there when I was 18, so I have that Cajun accent down pat. Ray is a lovesick firefly who's near-sighted and falls in love with the Evening Star. 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