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
It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.
You never know who's going to kill you until you meet them.
It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next.
When you do well in a movie that's seen as really great, you're revitalized for six weeks.
When you're on a series that's been cancelled, there's a little bit of a stink on you.
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.