Phil LaMarr

Phil LaMarr: I have to think that maybe I had some influence on [Stewart's new Unlimited look]. He had the very '80s haircut when we started the show in 1999, and I didn't want to complain, because I'm a hired hand. I did drop hints here and there so that now they've finally given him a more updated hairdo.

Phil LaMarr: Also, my dad is from Detroit, and I modeled a lot of Stewart's voice on him. He's a very intelligent guy, but not excessively educated. He's someone who can think, but you can still hear the old neighborhood in the voice.

Phil LaMarr: You come into the process long after the scripts are done, so what really happens is it becomes a cumulative effect. The way you perform the words in one episode gives the writers a voice that helps them write the next episode.

Phil LaMarr: I choose to give John Stewart a very deep, powerful voice.

Phil LaMarr: As a comics reader, it was definitely interesting to see what characters had been picked. We didn't know if these were the only characters , but the fact that they had John Stewart as the Green Lantern was very interesting.

Phil LaMarr: I think I discovered John Stewart in the '80s, when they brought him back and sort of revamped the character.

Phil LaMarr: I wasn't a huge Green Lantern reader. I think I got into Green Lantern via Justice League, and Justice League via Batman. Batman was my core hero.