Phil LaMarr

I was such a 'Star Wars' fan. That was my generation.

In video games and animation, you find that the toughest things to make different are the things that aren't words: grunts, groans, gasps.

My very first professional job was a cartoon, doing voices for the Mr. T cartoon in high school.

I had a bike as a kid, and when I worked in Manhattan - I had a 10-speed - I rode from downtown to 68th and Madison for my day job. I knew about fighting traffic, but nothing about racing.

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.