hank azaria simpson

And a lot of this touches on some sobriety issues and low self-esteem issues and, you know, feeling like you're not good enough or you're not enough or you're - and so I wanted to be an actor to sort of escape who I was because some of that was painful for me, which is also why I drank. Goes off into the world drinking and drugging and sexing. And baseball is almost dead. Well he has been forced to give up many of the roles which he plays, that is. AZARIA: Thank you very much, Dave. He was previously married to Helen Hunt. BUCK: (As Joe Buck) You were a groomsman at my wedding. Hank Azaria was born on April 25, 1964 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA as Henry Albert Azaria. But, you know, there's a very fine line there between - you know, "Brockmire" takes everybody down. This is FRESH AIR. D&D Beyond Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. And that was his direction. Mission accomplished. DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. And I just had the guy be a blackout drunk because it would justify speaking like that on the air. He voices the most characters on the show. And what's interesting is that - you know, it's a very funny gag that opens the series. DAVIES: That is Joe Buck and our guest, Hank Azaria, well into his cups as baseball broadcaster Jim Brockmire. Here's what kills me. It detonates his career. So I have a long history of dealing with drugs and alcoholism in others and in myself, yet, ironically, Dave, I did not mean for this series to go there. Azaria was also an executive producer of the show. You'd know him from his many voices on "The Simpsons" and other roles. AZARIA: I'll answer you in the voice, Dave, if I may. Why Hank Azaria Quit Voicing Controversial Simpsons Character Apu: 'It Just Didn't Feel Right' “What happened with this character is a window into an important issue," Hank Azaria said (SOUNDBITE OF THE SIMPSONS' "THE SIMPSONS END CREDITS THEME ('HILL STREET BLUES' HOMAGE)"). The other thing - I'll just note that this scene has been edited just a bit to make it suitable for radio. Thanks for coming by. DAVIES: And I wonder if hearing all those sounds at home and all the accents in New York is one of the things that - I don't know - gave you a better ear and made you a better mimic. Thanks so much for speaking with us. The Simpsons' Hank Azaria Explains Why He Ultimately Decided to Stop Voicing Apu: 'It Just Didn't Feel Right' By Andy Swift / February 25 2020, 1:35 PM PST Shutterstock, Courtesy of Fox He is an actor, known for The Simpsons (1989), Free Agents (2011) and The Birdcage (1996). Hank Azaria, the prolific voice actor best known for his multiple roles in "The Simpsons," admitted that wants to "make up" for voicing the controversial character Apu and that he … So he picked my brain a lot about what early sobriety is like and what hitting a bottom is like emotionally and what the issues really are and things like - how does somebody possibly reconcile the idea of a higher power if they totally don't believe in that but they're required to go through that for their sobriety? Azaria has had an incredibly active career outside The Simpsons during his time on the show. Boss, boss, please, wild take? But to make it - give it a series - make it a series with legs, he has to become a real person. Were there scenes that were improvised? DAVIES: And while you're calling the game, you tell a story about what had happened that day. And so - probably should have a love interest. Désert replaces Hank Azaria in the role, at least for that episode. Peter Sellers did a movie called "The Party.". At the time he was doing a play, in which he performed the role of a drug dealer, basing his voice on Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. And I started to wonder, do they always talk like this, even in their private lives? Accuracy and availability may vary. You know, he had been completely faithful and in love with his wife, which is, you know, what really - and just had a vision of her as this pure being; turns out she's this tremendously active sex addict and had been doing - having all kinds of crazy sex behind his back their whole marriage. I thought he was a genius and hilarious. DAVIES: Hank Azaria, recorded last March. DAVIES: That's our guest Hank Azaria in the opening scene of his series "Brockmire" on IFC. He's currently nominated for a Critics Choice Award for best actor in a comedy series for his role in the IFC series "Brockmire." Like, why is this the generic voice of announcers? It's really sad. DAVIES: Yeah. DAVIES: Right, right. And we were like - and we kind of purposely wrote a lot of it to - it was easily cuttable if Joe Buck wasn't up to it. And that, I think, really more than anything else, that was sort of my finishing school or graduate program or whatever, if you will, and master class. And we were like, well, maybe we should have just, like, a Joe Buck-type play it, hire an actor. And then - obviously. One of my favorite line is when you're wooing her early on, and you say, you know, we're the same level of functioning alcoholics. You're very insightful. DAVIES: Well, Hank Azaria, it's been fun. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. AZARIA: Yes, Robin is - you know, his shtick was to go wildly off-script and with flights of fancy, and it was often hilarious. Well, let's hear a clip from "The Simpsons." And they'll just - if you come to them with a sketch idea, they'll - and if they like it, they'll just throw it out there. You want to just pick it up from there and tell us how that gets us into the series? There were questions raised about the fact that - you know, that you, as a white actor, were portraying this Indian stereotype at a time when there weren't a lot of well-known Indian characters in American culture. He wanted to just have the scenes play in real time. And to me, I didn't distinguish between his, you know, silly French Detective Clouseau accent from "The Pink Panther" movies or his weird German Dr. Strangelove accent in "Dr. DAVIES: You grew up in Queens, N.Y. And I read that your mom spoke Ladino, this ancient form of Spanish that's written in Hebrew, right? Poor Joe Buck didn't know that that was going to be the surprise. And when I auditioned for "The Simpsons," Dave, I was doing a play in Los Angeles at a small, you know, theater and was doing a voice of a drug dealer and kind of doing a Pacino, like this. He was far and away better than all them. No, you never stop laughing. And I'm just wondering were you breaking up all the time on the set? DAVIES: (Laughter) Moe the bartender, one of the many voices by our guest Hank Azaria. We've all heard broadcast - people who are often news anchors or broadcasters who have these perfect voices, and you wonder, is that how they talk to their children or order a pizza? I've done it with other people, and I do know a lot about that. This is the - it's based on the French film, "La Cage Aux Folles." [7] Later in the year he would retire from voicing Carl for similar reasons.[8]. After 30 years as a controversial Indian-American character on "The Simpsons," Hank Azaria has announced he will no longer voice the thickly accented Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. DAVIES: Right. So, yeah, you know, I drew on that a lot. DAVIES: And we'll hear the scene. I'm so famous right now that I pretty much just think about something and it appears. And in Season 2, when Brockmire gets sober and hits a bottom and has an intervention, Joel asked me a lot about what that experience was like for me. And he just loses - he just gets lost for about a decade, 10 years. - 24 years ago. In the IFC series Brockmire he plays a troubled baseball announcer who always speaks in his broadcaster voice. AZARIA: (As Agador Spartacus) Yes, it's sludge. The owner of the team is played by Amanda Peet. Where did Moe's voice come from? This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. AZARIA: Guatemalan. All of his characters are based on friends. And my first reaction - and not so much, you know, person to person or - not that I wasn't taking it seriously, but I kind of got pretty defensive and bristled, and I looked at it from much more of a comedy perspective - like, you know, we make fun everybody at "The Simpsons" and, you know, where does this kind of thing end if you're going to, you know, have me not do the voice of this character? HARRY SHEARER: (As Eddie) Did you hold a grudge against Montgomery Burns? Moe's voice is a little deeper now. And Robin would beg for what he called wild takes. Bob Greenwald. And it - that's what really started me thinking because with Hari, it sort of felt like comedian to comedian. But it just speaks to how the character is kind of vital, I think. DAVIES: Well, Hank Azaria, it's been fun. I'm Dave Davies, in for Terry Gross. Azaria stars in the IFC series "Brockmire." Sure, we - you know, we will. He joined the show 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 actor… So, you know, we had all - we've had every which way of it, you know? Joe Rhodes. Let's listen. You know, it's so interesting as I listen to that - and we talked about the controversy about the Apu voice on "The Simpsons." AZARIA: It absolutely has occurred to me. Hank Azaria is stepping away from his role voicing the character of Apu in The Simpsons. The award ceremony is March 7. He's known for voicing many characters on "The Simpsons." And that's really the story of Season 4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish, So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show, $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling), Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield, Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish", El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer), Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious, Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers", Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays, The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star, The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer, Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair), Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times, I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Let's start with a clip, the scene that kicked off the series "Brockmire." AZARIA: And that's where Season 1 begins, really, is his journey trying to make it back to the big leagues, starting at the very bottom of the barrel. And so we, you know, studied Guatemalan, and then I started - I had sort of two versions of the character, the voice that you heard there - who, actually, now when I do it, it's a little higher, but it's sort of this guy - and a little more - kind of a little tougher, a little lower, something like this. You either can physically do it sort of, or you can't. And I got pretty defensive about it. After a break, he'll talk about some of his other roles, including many characters on "The Simpsons." And Robin Williams just is so - he's such an improviser. This is a good show, may I say that? The 55-year-old actor told Slashfilms the news on Friday, though he will continue to voice others. Thanks so much for speaking with us. I just happen to hate your stupid face. Alex Désert takes over for Hank Azaria voicing Carl on 'The Simpsons' By Lisa Respers France, CNN. So, you know, I don't regret doing it, but I acknowledge that it would be done differently today. He stars as a baseball broadcaster with a very colorful life in the IFC series "Brockmire." He stars as a baseball broadcaster whose life takes some strange turns in the IFC series "Brockmire." Your character, named Agador Spartacus... DAVIES: ...Is Guatemalan and gay and aspires to perform in the club. IFC's 'Brockmire' star Hank Azaria is impervious to sorrow when embodying 'Simpsons' favorites like Professor Frink. Hank Azaria On 'Brockmire' And Why He No Longer Performs Apu On 'The Simpsons' Azaria's voiced dozens of Simpsons' characters.In the IFC series Brockmire he … We wondered if it was really just a sketch and not something that could sustain the load-bearing - you know, the emotional load-bearing of making him just be a real person, let alone a real person that, like you said, goes to very dark places - alcoholic - truly alcoholic, drug-addicted places, where he hits a bottom and ruins people's lives and - you know, of course, in a hilarious way, Dave, many times. He used that voice in the audition and was told by Matt Groening and Sam Simon to make it more gravelly, with it becoming the voice of Moe. The surprise in his hotel room is not a pleasant one, we'll just add. Springfield’s resident “slack-jawed yokel,” Cletus lives in a trailer on … WILLIAMS: (As Armand Goldman) Oh, yes, you're right. This was "The Birdcage" in 1996, back quite a while ago, but it was a big role for you, I think. This is FRESH AIR. All four seasons are available for streaming on Hulu, Amazon Prime and other platforms. And Brockmire is seated at a bar. DAVIES: Right. Or did... AZARIA: Some did. And - yeah. AZARIA: (As Jim Brockmire) Great. Also, Justin Chang reviews the new thriller start Denzel Washington and Rami Malek. I'm like, that's exactly the opposite of why I wanted to do this. AZARIA: Not many people ask that insightful a question. It doesn't lend itself to emotional depth, Dave Davies. The crossword clue possible answer is available in 3 letters.This answers first letter of … And, I mean, this film was - what? And I do my first take with Amanda, you know, at the bar, and I feel kind of good about it - you know, did my thing. And goes off - you know, calling cockfights in Manila, is where he ends up. Two things I want to say quickly about the scene we're going to hear - first, it's at a ballgame, and the audio that you'll hear changes a bit because at times we're hearing you in the booth, and we'll - we hear what the fans at the stadium are hearing over the PA announcer, and then other times it's what is going through the broadcast. And I auditioned to play Moe like this, and then they said they wanted it to be gravelly. And I think after that, I - not that the voices changed or the jokes changed, but I think my approach and realizing that I could fill those characters in emotionally and truthfully deepened a bit and I think made my "Simpsons" work better. Society has kind of continued the way it's going with some, you know, climate problems and virus problems and unrest, violent problems and divisiveness problems, and we sort of keep pulling that thread. I got into his class probably after being on "The Simpsons" about three or four years, and I was in that class for about three or four years. We're not going to improvise on the day. AZARIA: Absolutely, it's occurred. And, you know, eventually, you get the Malcolm Gladwell 10,000 hours where you're pretty practiced at doing something. But in this particular movie, directed by the late, great Mike Nichols - God, all these people are gone. He has had starring or recurring guest roles on the TV shows Herman's Head, Mad About You, Friends, Huff from 2004 to 2006 as the lead character Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, and as Venom/Eddie Brock in Spider-Man, as well as winning an Emmy for playing Mitch Albom in the miniseries Tuesdays with Morrie. And so that became the fun of it - was like, well, how does a guy who's in extremely emotional, effed-up circumstances, dark, crazy situations and yet still has to talk that way - how does he kind of get away with it? And a lot of fun ensues. DAVIES: Robin Williams and - yes, that was our guest Hank Azaria as Agador Spartacus in the film "The Birdcage." The Ginsu knife, you know, in Japan - the hand is a lethal weapon. And one of the first things that happened was that comedian Hari Kondabolu actually tweeted at me a link to a performance he did on a late-night comedy show where he did a routine about how much he resented the voice of Apu and the character of Apu or things about it, anyway. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. DAVIES: (Laughter) I mean, so much of his life is deeply involved with alcohol and drugs to some extent. He has appeared in numerous movies such as Quiz Show (1994), Heat (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Anastasia (1997), Godzilla (1998) along with Simpsons co-stars Nancy Cartwright and Harry Shearer, Mystery Men (1999), America's Sweethearts (2001), Along Came Polly (2004), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2010) and Gargamel in the 2011 film The Smurfs and its sequel The Smurfs 2. And Tim walks in and says, mate, you know, I don't know if you've thought of this, but this is really dark. Actually, yes, it is. WILLIAMS: (As Armand Goldman) Will you put some clothes on? ROBIN WILLIAMS: (As Armand Goldman) Not yet. AZARIA: (As Agador Spartacus) My Guatemalan-ness, my natural heat. Hank Azaria and a whole host of stars are set to battle it out at the PokerStars virtual felt in a series of televised $50,000 charity cash games. Azaria stars in the IFC series "Brockmire." All rights reserved. I was in a little bit of denial about the dark truth of where we were going right up until first day of shooting. And this is a moment where you're drinking at a bar. Some, you know, we asked and said yes, then read the material and went, no, no, I can't do that; I'm sorry. That was really my only rule. And I'll just kind of set it up for the audience. He has also had one of the roles in "Run Fat Boy Run". I don't deserve this kind of shabby treatment. And I was like, are you sure we want to do all - I was like, well, as long as it's funny, I'm OK with it. We spoke to him last year, as the series began its fourth and final season. DAVIES: Well, Hank Azaria, welcome to FRESH AIR. AZARIA: Yeah, sure. The award ceremony is March 7. He's just an amazing actor. He has had starring or recurring guest roles on the TV shows Herman's Head, Mad About You, Friends, Huff from 2004 to 2006 as the lead character Dr. Craig "Huff" Huffstodt, and as Venom/Eddie Brock in Spider-Man, as well as winning an Emmy for playing Mitch Albom in the miniseries Tuesdays with Morrie. Let's get back to the interview I recorded last year with actor Hank Azaria. He stars in the IFC series "Brockmire." And, I mean, I assume that as - you know, you've done a lot more roles and a lot of dramatic roles over time, and I assume that your acting skills have grown. DAVIES: I want to ask, too, before we leave "The Birdcage" - this is a hilarious film. It's a dark comedy in which Azaria plays a talented baseball announcer with a drinking problem whose life takes some strange and surprising turns. Henry Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, voice actor, producer, and comedian. So if you take that young Pacino voice and make it gravelly - I don't know, this is what came out, and this is what they hired. DAVIES: Well, I'm glad you mentioned the writing because I think it really is remarkable. This scene gets pretty raw, and of course, he's interrupted, and that's followed by a meltdown at Brockmire's news conference. It's really fun that it's actually Joe Buck. The first voice he performed was that of the town bartender Moe, redubbing Christopher Collins who had voiced the character in the original track. I mean, a lot of people, you know, grew up with that. You know, "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Godfather" Al Pacino, you know, kind of talked like this, and I sort of was enamored with that voice. Hank Azaria reflected on his decision to stop voicing Apu on The Simpsons in an interview with The New York Times.. He also played Phoebe's Boyfriend, David on the show Friends, along with many other T.V characters. And if you look back at that movie, there isn't too much close-ups or - just kind of plays. And I totally understand that (laughter). It just came back as a script, Dave. And, you know, I wasn't totally ready for it. And, you know, I did my best with this role. BUCK: (As Joe Buck) Listen to me. Did they ask to come on? DAVIES: Right. He got me through a lot of blocks that I had as an actor that I didn't know I had. And so we rehearsed it like a play, which is very unusual for a movie. The actor announced his decision last month amid a … One character he no longer performs is Apu, which he'll explain a little later. And right in the center of it all was my - my wife Lucy. This is Joe Buck - I mean, the Fox broadcaster, who is huge in the business. 24 Simpsons Stars Reveal Themselves". And it also was the voice in the '70s and '80s of a lot of pitchmen announcers on television. My goodness, I am looking forward to a spirited lovemaking session later. Hank Azaria said in an interview at TCA that he’s decided to no longer voice the character Apu on The Simpsons, following criticism about the role in a documentary ‘The Problem With Apu.’ Are you afraid of my Guatemalan-ness (ph)? And I'll just note that there's a moment in the scene where Joe Buck refers to being able to just think about wanting something and it suddenly appearing. And it was - I didn't even realize how tricky it was going to be and - because, yes, on the one hand, look; this is a very presentational, kind of silly, surface way of talking, right? OK, sir, you're free to go. I first went into the Al-Anon program 10 years - 20 years ago, which is for, like, the families and loved ones of alcoholics. 'Cause some of them are quick in and outs, yeah. AZARIA: We had to - some. He voices Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Jonathan Frink, Snake Jailbird and numerous other characters on The Simpsons. And the name of the team is the Morristown Frackers, and that's probably the classiest thing about the team. AZARIA: (As Jim Brockmire) I had some time at the ballpark this afternoon to reflect upon this wonderful anniversary, as Ibanes (ph) slashes one foul to the right side. And some, you know, got a little upset with how "Brockmire" teased them. So this was going back to 2007, when what you just heard happened. Having known him from the failed pilot, casting director Bonita Pietila called Azaria and asked to audition for the voice of Moe. He said, now, gentlemen, I know you love to go off-script, and it's delightful. AZARIA: I mean, it, you know so - I credit Joel Church-Cooper, our head writer, with that. DAVIES: You want to give us one other favorite and how you got the voice? DAVIES: (Laughter) Right. DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. Wow. AZARIA: We absolutely worried about that. And so we'd do a take where Robin could go insane, as insane as he liked. And he said to Robin and to Nathan Lane, who was very witty, tremendous improviser himself - he said, guys - Mike talked like this. - I was really just imitating my maternal grandmother. Please imagine my surprise when I opened my front door to find about a half-dozen naked folks sprawled out in my living room engaged in what can only be described as a desperate and a hungry kind of lovemaking.
Urgence Ophtalmologique Mulhouse, Word Art Français, Loi Normale Python, Pâture à Vendre 27, Adore Vraiment 7 Lettres, Légendes De La Mythologie Nordique Fnac, étude Linéaire J'accuse De Zola, La Belle Et Le Clochard - Film Disney,