H. Jon Benjamin Quotes

Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That’s why we live in America.

I don’t consider myself a very good actor. I’m not bad, but there’s not a lot of range in characterizations for me.

I had no intention of ever doing voice-overs. I wasn’t opposed to them; I just didn’t have any particular knowledge of how or why people do that.

Voice actors I used to know who were starting out in comedy were guys who did a lot of voices. They were usually comedy actors who developed their comedy by doing tons of impressions and voices that were usually very funny. And I never did any of that, so that’s, I guess, why I don’t consider myself a voice actor.

I need to lose some weight. I’m getting really fat. But I’m getting older, and I just can’t stop eating wonderful food. Rich, wonderful food.

For me, performing isn’t really particularly difficult.

I am recognized a lot for ‘Master of None.’ It seems like that show really touched a cultural nerve in a good way.

I worked in restaurants, and I worked in the Cambridge Public Library.

Writing is the hardest for me. It doesn’t come as naturally as the other forms, and I feel far more dread during the process. Acting and voice acting are more mercurial and maybe come a little easier to me.

I’ve never worked for a show or was on a show where I didn’t have a lot of control creatively, but then again, I haven‘t worked on a lot of shows.

I actually walk through Washington Square Park a lot.

I’m not opposed to putting myself in danger for meaningless comedy.

My foray into comedy was to avoid getting a job.

I sing a little bit, yeah. But I sing very poorly.

It’s physically hard for me to work. I start to break down, physically. My joints start. I get weepy eyes. I don’t sleep well. I was never a hard worker, I guess. So the voiceover work ethic is really great for me – couple days a month, two hours a day.

I sweat a lot.

David Wain’s character on ‘Bob‘s Burgers’ is really funny and silly and makes me laugh.

I started doing comedy with no plan to do voice work. Voice work came as a function of doing comedy and meeting people who eventually develop shows like that. I didn’t seek out from an early age to be on cartoons.