Quotes by Diedrich Bader

Doing animation is closer to pretending than anything else you get to do. It's much more like when you're a kid putting on a character.

— Diedrich Bader

Wisdom

I like playing a guy who wears pants as opposed to shorts.

— Diedrich Bader

Wisdom

Really, voice-over is great. If it paid as much as on camera work, it's all I'd ever do.

— Diedrich Bader

Success

I remember how, when I lived in Paris, there was a McDonald's, and I'd always see Americans eating there and think, 'Why do they come all the way to Paris and eat at McDonald's?'

— Diedrich Bader

Wisdom

One of the defining things about my career on camera is I like to play different characters. That gets difficult to do. People don't trust you to do something different. In animation, it's all about trust and how far can you go away from yourself. It's a really marvelous environment that's extremely creative.

— Diedrich Bader

Success

When I was a kid and we first moved to the states I used to watch 'Batman' all the time - with Adam West. I finally got to work with him years ago, and I totally geeked out.

— Diedrich Bader

Success

Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen to the other characters.

— Diedrich Bader

Success

When you're in Hollywood, you get sort of jaded about what you think the sense of humor of Hollywood is supposed to be, so you can't think outside the box.

— Diedrich Bader

Wisdom