Top 20 Quotes & Sayings by Russi Taylor

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Russi Taylor.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Russi Taylor was an American voice actress. She is best remembered as the official voice of Minnie Mouse from 1986 to 2019, and was notably married to voice actor Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, until his death on May 18, 2009. She is the longest tenured actress to voice the character, having held the role for 33 years. She also provided the voices of several characters in The Simpsons.

American - Actress | May 4, 1944 - July 26, 2019

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If you are going to be a character for the long-term you can't just imitate, you have to bring yourself to it.

Russi Taylor

When we got married, we kind of kept it quiet because everybody was saying, 'Oh, Mickey and Minnie got married.'

Russi Taylor

I never wanted to be famous. The characters I do are famous, and that's fine for me.

Russi Taylor

My brother told me that I used to clown around with voices as a kid.

Russi Taylor

Minnie loves everyone, unconditionally. That's the way she sees the world, which is probably one of the reasons she is as popular as she is.

Russi Taylor

Voicing the role of Minnie has deeply affected me in many ways.

Russi Taylor

Mickey is his own person.

Russi Taylor

You know how kids have a meltdown? They're overtired or overstimulated? Every once in a while, Wayne, as Mickey, would say, 'Aw, what's the matter, little fella?' And the kid would stop crying, his eyes would get big, and he'd look around, and the parents would say, 'What just happened?'

Russi Taylor

We love to work together. Especially when he stands behind me at the microphone and we hug.

Russi Taylor

I wanted to do what Mel Blanc did, and that was cartoons.

Russi Taylor

I like being able to go to the grocery store and know that nobody knows what I do or who I am.

Russi Taylor

I had done some stuff on camera, then I did some film dubbing when I lived in Europe. When I came back, I'd considered doing on-camera work again, but I didn't really like it.

Russi Taylor

I wanted to be a working actor, but I like being anonymous. So to me, voice work was the way to go.

Russi Taylor

We didn't want it to be about Mickey and Minnie being married. It was about Wayne and Russi being married. We had the best time. We laughed a lot. We were always singing. We always had music in the house.

Russi Taylor

I was the kid who'd get up in class and tell the teacher, 'But we were supposed to have a test today! I studied for it!'

Russi Taylor

Wayne was coming out of a session as Mickey for 'Totally Minnie.' We met in the hallway. We just blended really well.

Russi Taylor

In a sense, Minnie makes me better than I was before because there's a lot to live up to.

Russi Taylor