10 Questions with Harry Shearer, Springfield’s Finest

Harry Shearer.Harry Shearer is one of the most multi-faceted performers at work in voice acting today. A writer, producer, director and actor on the stage and radio and in television and film, Harry still finds time to voice our Simpsons favorites and host a weekly syndicated radio show, LeShow, which is in its sixteenth year on public airwaves. Harry Shearer’s award-winning career began early; at age seven he had his acting debut in the film classic Abbott and Costello Go To Mars....

By Gregory Singer and Gregory Singer | Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at 12:00 am

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld

AWN: You've been successful in many mediums and for many years…you are a writer, a comedian, a voice actor, a radio personality...how do you define yourself?

HS: A point guard trapped in a rabbi's body.

Gregory Singer is working toward an M.F.A. in Producing at Chapman University, in Orange, California. He is also the assistant editor of the Animation Journal, a peer-reviewed scholarly publication devoted to animation history and theory.

Heather Kenyon is editor in chief of Animation World Magazine.