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The Onion, the best on-line source of fake news, has a very candid, real inteview with Billy West (the voice of Fry on Futurerama and Stimpy on Ren and Stimpy to name a few)

Billy West in the interview, regarding using celebertys in animated feature films:

…..The minute they mention a CGI film, they’re already looking to see what Renée Zellweger is doing. They’re already looking to see what Billy Crystal is doing. This doesn’t make sense, to do what they do—spend zillions on visuals, and then have this totally fucking flat-lining voice track. You know, “Hey, I’m Will Smith, I’m a clam! I’m Will Smith, I’m a kangaroo!” All you bring to the performance is your own ego. They’re just being themselves. Let’s put it this way: Cameron Diaz is the highest paid voice actress in history: $20 million for Shrek. Why? Because she has a 9-foot mouth? That works somewhere else, but not on tape! [Laughs.] It’s like what the hell is that all about?