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Awards Chatter

Hank Azaria - 'Ray Donovan'

Awards Chatter

Scott Feinberg

Tv & Film, Film Interviews

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The 27-year 'Simpsons' vet discusses getting his voice insured, the acting teacher who convinced him he could do more than just voices, the challenges and rewards of guest acting (which he's previously done on 'Friends' and 'Mad About You') and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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evolved with Intel Evo Platform. Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to episode 85 of Awards Chatter, the Hollywood Reporters Awards

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podcast. I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is Hank Azaria,

0:48.0

the veteran character actor who's best known for his vocal talents but who's also damn good when he's using his other tools as well.

0:55.3

For 28 of his 52 years he has done voices for characters like Mo, Apu, and Lou the cop on the Simpsons,

1:02.1

for which he's received seven Emmy nominations,

1:04.6

four of which have resulted in wins. He's also received five other Emmy nominations,

1:09.2

one for the Showtime series Huff on which he played a therapist who could make everyone

1:13.6

happy but himself, one for the TV movie version of Tuesdays with Mori in

1:17.8

which he starred opposite Jack Lemon and took home a statue and three for guest

1:22.4

acting twice in comedy series namely friends and

1:25.8

mad about you and this year in a drama series Ray Donovan he's appeared on that

1:31.2

showtime series in 14 episodes since 2014 as Ed Cochran, a one-time

1:36.8

FBI chief who loses whatever moral compass he once had and goes head to head with

1:41.6

Leif Schreiber's title character.

1:43.5

Over the course of our conversation, we talk about how Azaria found the voices he's made famous.

1:48.5

How his schedule and salary for The Simpsons have allowed him to be choosy about the other work that he does,

1:54.0

from comedies like Mike Nichols The Bird Cage to dramas like Robert Redford's Quiz Show,

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