Chris Pratt shares his love for animated roles

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The Guardians of the Galaxy star says animation is &#39;a fantastic way to work&#39; as he lends his voice to The Garfield Movie. The Garfield Movie is in UK cinemas from 24 May.

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00:00 Do you think perhaps voice acting is still a bit underappreciated? Because it's an acting

00:05 skill in its own right. I mean maybe, maybe less and less. I think that we're starting to see

00:11 that they're casting big names in voice talent and so I think people are being drawn to these

00:20 movies whether it be Jack Black in Kung Fu Panda or Steve Carell when he does the Minions. You know,

00:28 you've got, it's becoming I think just like any leading role in a film, it's coveted and

00:37 sought after and rewarded handsomely. So I think it's a really fantastic way to get work. I mean,

00:45 and to work for me. I'm thrilled with it. I'd like to do, it'd be great to do nothing but

00:51 voice over if I could. It's so close to home I get to. You're up to work in your pajamas every day.

00:56 Get home in time to tuck the children into bed. It's nice. It's an opportunity to breathe my

01:00 voice and spirit into iconic characters, at least in this instance of doing voice acting. These

01:06 characters are ubiquitous. Well, you know, Garfield's the perhaps most widely circulated

01:13 comic strip character of all time. So getting to be part of that and fulfilling what I didn't even

01:18 realize as a kid was a dream. You know, knowing who Garfield was as a kid and knowing that I

01:24 wanted to be an actor, I didn't, it's kind of wild to think that I would be able to do that.

01:28 That's on the macro scale. On the micro scale, I think being close to home is really nice and not

01:35 having to go through hair and makeup and being able to take your shoes off and go to a little

01:39 sound stage and throw on some headphones and go to work for four hours and, you know, and also

01:44 being able to do roles that my children will be able to watch sooner than later. I mean, some of

01:48 my films I wouldn't want to show my children until later in their lives, but they're young

01:52 and they could watch a movie like Garfield because it's safe for all ages. So there's that reward as

01:57 well.

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