The Guardians of the Galaxy star says animation is 'a fantastic way to work' as he lends his voice to The Garfield Movie. The Garfield Movie is in UK cinemas from 24 May.
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00:00 Do you think perhaps voice acting is still a bit underappreciated? Because it's an acting
00:05 skill in its own right. I mean maybe, maybe less and less. I think that we're starting to see
00:11 that they're casting big names in voice talent and so I think people are being drawn to these
00:20 movies whether it be Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda or Steve Carell when he does the Minions. You know,
00:28 you've got, it's becoming I think just like any leading role in a film, it's coveted and
00:37 sought after and rewarded handsomely. So I think it's a really fantastic way to get work. I mean,
00:45 and to work for me. I'm thrilled with it. I'd like to do, it'd be great to do nothing but
00:51 voice over if I could. It's so close to home I get to. You're up to work in your pajamas every day.
00:56 Get home in time to tuck the children into bed. It's nice. It's an opportunity to breathe my
01:00 voice and spirit into iconic characters, at least in this instance of doing voice acting. These
01:06 characters are ubiquitous. Well, you know, Garfield's the perhaps most widely circulated
01:13 comic strip character of all time. So getting to be part of that and fulfilling what I didn't even
01:18 realize as a kid was a dream. You know, knowing who Garfield was as a kid and knowing that I
01:24 wanted to be an actor, I didn't, it's kind of wild to think that I would be able to do that.
01:28 That's on the macro scale. On the micro scale, I think being close to home is really nice and not
01:35 having to go through hair and makeup and being able to take your shoes off and go to a little
01:39 sound stage and throw on some headphones and go to work for four hours and, you know, and also
01:44 being able to do roles that my children will be able to watch sooner than later. I mean, some of
01:48 my films I wouldn't want to show my children until later in their lives, but they're young
01:52 and they could watch a movie like Garfield because it's safe for all ages. So there's that reward as
01:57 well.
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