“I kind of modeled Optimus Prime's voice out of many people I had known...” — Peter Cullen Quote

“I kind of modeled Optimus Prime's voice out of many people I had known over the years, my family especially.”

“I immerse myself right into my character whether or not I'm relating to people live as an actor on stage or whatever.”

“The phenomenon of 'Transformers' itself is mind-shaking, you know?”

“I'm always involved with the Aerospace Program and NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center. And if kids feel so inclined, they can log onto NASA and the Optimus Prime Spinoff Award, which we present every year to some of the brilliant young minds that are taking up into the academics of space, science, technology, math.”

“Everybody's going to approach a character differently, depending upon what they bring to it on their own intellectual level or their feelings from their heart and soul.”

“As a young actor, I would be invited to the CBC radio drama department to do voices for different characters, and I found that I could do quite a few of them. I wasn't a visual presence, and I found it easier to construct a voice from the written page.”

“Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.”

“Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.”

“Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”

“Paul Ryan is a nationally tested leader that is widely known and respected.”

“The people I see every day have known me since I was a little fat kid.”

“It was a perfect night for a train. The occasional whistle told Louis of all the farewells he had ever known.”