Whether its animation, singing, or acting on screen and stage, E.G.
Den of Geek: You have such a wonderful voice; do people in public recognize you for it?
They dont usually recognize my regular voice.
Most of the voices Im known for I alter, I tweak up or tweak down or push somehow.
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Youve done a lot of singing and voice acting along with screen and stage performances.
Do you view yourself as primarily one of those or a mixture?
I view myself as an artist, and that for me always entails the voice.
Whether its acting and being in character and altering my voice or using my voice for that char.
Singing involves my voice, using it to communicate the song.
I sort of feel like Im a little bit of everything.
Along with being onThe Voice, you appeared onSaturday Night Liveas a musical guest.
How was that experience?
That was a long time ago, but it was exciting to be a guest.
There are pivotal moments of my career and that is one of them.
What would you say are some of your other pivotal moments?
I did a play calledTanziand that was one of the pivotal moments.
I would say that particular musical play was very monumental because it brought me so many abundant things.
I got to be onAmerican BandstandandSaturday Night Live.
That was pretty monumental.
I would say booking Dottie was pretty monumental.
A one woman show I did calledListen Closelywas really monumental.
It was my journey through entertainment and I made it in to a one woman autobiographical musical.
And the next was being onThe Voicesinging Breathe.
While preparing for the interview I saw a few mentions toListen Closely, but no details on it.
I was hoping to hear you expand on that.
I started writing a book and it was very raw, very candid.
We decided what was necessary for the show and we edited it down.
Then I hired a director and we tweaked it even more.
It was very cathartic; it was like my life story being told in a musical.
So everything was cross connected and very powerful and very cathartic.
It was incredible; I ended up doing three six-week runs.
It was standing room only.
There were no seats left and people were standing against the wall and sitting cross-legged on the floor.
It was very powerful.
Yeah, its interesting that you asked that; not many people bring it up.
Did you ever see the movieExit Through the Gift Shop?
Did you like it?
I did; it was wonderful.
It was my pick for best documentary of the year.
Thierry Guetta, the guy it was turned in to about, the Frenchman.
That is actually my cousin, Mr. Brainwash.
Mr. Brainwash actually filmed the one woman show for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKK5hmAH-w
On January 20th you have your firstPowerpuff Girlsspecial since 2005.
The fans have been going nutty, which we like.
Theres going to be a marathon leading up to the special.
Its going to be real exciting to see what happens.
When working onPowerpuff Girls, do the three of you all record together or do you record individually?
We all record together because we interact so much that we need each other.
Other characters will come in and do their lines as well.
Its not necessary though.
WithRugrats, when we did that, the babies usually recorded together.
We didnt record ever with the grown-ups because we didnt have a lot of interaction with them.
So I know youre a parent-
Yes, two daughters.
Theyre 15 and almost 18.
So they were around the age then forPowerpuff Girlsand maybeRugrats, probably moreAll Grown Up?
Yeah, they grew up with them.
I literally was having babies while I was makingRugrats.
They grew up withRugrats, they grew up withAll Grown Up, and they grew up withPowerpuff Girls.
They were right along with me growing up with it.
Did they enjoy the shows?
Did they know that was you?
Everyone knew it was me.
I was the Tommy Pickles mom.
Everybody knew, but to them it was so exciting, surprisingly.
I was a cool mom.
How did you go from doing childrens cartoons to Rob Zombie horror?
I know, right?
I was like, What?
Let me look at the script.
I couldnt wait to do it.
I loved this script.
Its so radically crazy and its right up my alley.
And once she said Rob Zombie I was like, Are you kidding me?
So I go to work with Rob and hes genius.
It was pretty incredible.
I like having the versatility of doing a crazy horror film, and doing animation, and doing music.
What do you see for yourself in 2014?
I would say that Im doing a lot of animation stuff right now.
Im rehearsing for some live LA shows right now, which should be fun to do.
Some real intimate shows.
Ive been doing some more on-camera work.
I have a film I already did called Yellow directed by Nick Cassavetes that hasnt come out yet.
More recording, more singing, more movies, more animation.
More sharing my feelings.
More talking about real stuff.
More trying to be a positive influence.
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