Tom Kenny Quotations

He's not a child but he's childlike, he's not a grown up, he's not a kid, maybe he sounds like an elf on helium, we'll play with it.

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer.

I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason.

You have to remember we're just performers, that we seldom have any kind of grasp on real life.

I just felt like there was a world of cartoon voices that had to be discovered by me.

We're selling far more online than over the counter in recent years. Overheads for online selling are far cheaper, not nearly as much as operating from a shop.

Weaker consumer spending backs the case for interest rates on hold.

There has been a lot of testing done on the racking strength provided by different types of spray foams, ... And the strength provided by closed-cell foams can be substantial.

I see what is curiously close to a conspiracy to devalue our land. I think it's illegal to devalue other people's land. Just because we are agricultural landowners doesn't mean we don't know what our constitutional rights are and that we won't defend ourselves.

An unexpected surge in wages would likely see the bank raising its inflation forecast and needing to tighten rates, so keeping a close eye on wages and inflation data in the coming quarters will be important.

It's a great growth area for the station. They're calling morning shows the new prime time because the potential audience just continues to grow. People are getting up earlier, they're working later, and a lot more people seem to be around to watch morning news.

I like being invisible. For me it's the perfect job for someone who's simultaneously shy and an irritating show off.

I guess the good improvement in current account comes about on the back of a very strong rise in bulk commodity contracts.

The good economic data has quashed any idea there may have been that the next move in interest rates would be down. The bank will reiterate its tightening bias next week.

The good economic data has quashed any idea that may have been about that the next move in interest rates could be down. The bank will reiterate its tightening bias next week.

SpongeBob is a good role model as far as imaginary creatures go. He works hard and his emotional highs are very high, he's either giddy or utterly devastating and crying like a lawnsprinkler... SpongeBob is bipolar.

I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error.

I don't have confidence in my instincts, and I feel like I have to go through a very right-brain and left-brain process.

A lot of shows are more script-driven, like a prose script. As an actor, you never see a storyboard.

There's a lot of kids' shows that are really popular ratings-wise, but they don't sell a lot of stuff. A character on a backpack just doesn't have the same appeal as watching it on TV.

Obviously as a kid, for probably anybody who chose animation voiceover as a career in their adult life, Mel Blanc was the touchstone for everybody. He kind of invented the job and was the first voice actor to get onscreen credit.

Some people like doing crossword puzzles or Sudoku. I love auditioning. On camera, I hated auditioning. But voiceovers I like trying to figure it out, then getting in there and seeing how close you can get.