CNN: Have you guys ever been tempted to enter a costume contest as the characters you play? Bender did win the costume contest this season on "Futurama."  Phil LaMarr: No. I'm much, much too lazy. And these people set the bar way, way too high.  John DiMaggio: That's true. The level of depth that they go to, it's crazy. So I have to agree with Phil. Although it would be kind of funny to have somebody build something for you, and then go ahead and do it, and then just be inside the thing and just start talking like Bender and freak people out. Like, "Where'd you get those recordings?"  Billy West: You don't take the job home with you, I don't think. I don't know anyone who...  LaMarr: You don't have a Stimpy costume?  West: [In the voice of Stimpy from "Ren & Stimpy"] Well, that doesn't make me crazy or anything. [In his own voice] No, but I really don't take it home. It's like if you worked in a rock quarry and you brought home boulders with you every night. Yeah, you don't do that.  CNN: John and Phil, you guys have done voice work for some anime, specifically "Afro Samurai" and "Princess Mononoke." How is voicing anime different from voicing American animation?  DiMaggio: I think that's interesting that you bring that up, because normally you record before they animate to your voices. But "Afro Samurai" you guys recorded before, right?  LaMarr: A little bit -- half before, half after.  DiMaggio: OK, because "Princess Mononoke" I had to dub, I had to do the English overdub. And that was kind of hard because you have to match the mouth flaps, you have to do all that kind of stuff. So that's a little difficult.  LaMarr: Yeah, because the timing that you would normally make choices about, as an actor, is controlled by the timing choices that the Japanese actor already made.  DiMaggio: Yeah, so you've got to match these certain moments, which is usually a tough day at the office. I enjoy it, I can do it, but it's still a tough day.
In Atlanta for Dragon*Con, part of the voice cast for Matt Groening's animated series "Futurama" sat down with CNN over coffee to answer our fan-oriented questions before heading off to sign