Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria
Henry Albert "Hank" Azariais an American actor, voice actor, comedian and producer. He is known for starring in the animated television sitcom The Simpsons, voicing Moe Szyslak, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson and numerous others. After attending Tufts University, Azaria joined the series with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season, with many of his performances on the show being based on famous actors and characters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth25 April 1964
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
That's a true actor's nightmare: "Improvise in British sign language. Go."
I ask for a lot of advice from different fathers - all kinds of dads.
Guys will definitely settle for women who get the joke. But a woman who can make you laugh? It's not high on a guy's must list. Perhaps it should be.
I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. I felt like I shouldn't have to audition for anything and all that. And that energy did not serve me at all.
Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two and go, 'Let me try a bunch of things I was thinking of, as you were doing that.
There's no experience like on-the-job training.
Literally, I see my writing as transcription - a transcription of what I see, hear, think, live.
You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right.
I've been doing silly voices since I was a child.
In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
I've been divorced and I had to get back out there be single again and do some of that in the genuinely miserable state where you really do wonder what the hell is going on. And you feel like trying to have casual conversation with someone you don't know on the surface of the moon or something.
Godzilla's a monster for the '90s. He's been working out.
Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.