As a kid, I just loved cartoons. And as the credits went by, I'd study those names and then try to figure how I could get hired to do what Mel Blanc and Daws Butler did. Create all of these… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
Mr. Bumpy from Bump in the Night was this funky little guy who lived under the bed and thought eating dust bunnies was a… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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. — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
John Fiedler's voice was kind of like the wind blowing through tall grass. It sounded homey and it sounded comforting. — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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. — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
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… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
