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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y W I N T E R 2 0 1 6 31 made the performance better." The whole thing is about performance here on the stage—whether it's VO, ADR, or animation. If we have improved the performance, then we have done our job. If an actor feels like they have never ever made a line better at any point in the process, that to me is very, very sad, and it is part of my job to change that experience and perception. As long as we are all working toward the same positive goal, the magic will happen. So, the magic happening is my greatest love. After your personal martini loop (last loop), what's next for you? [Overlapping me.] Getting the heck outta here! [With a loud, boisterous laugh.] No, really, I have a zillion 8mm and Super 8 films of me and my father and grandfather that I would like to have trans- ferred and edited. So the restoration should keep me busy for quite some time. Plus me, my wife, and the dogs would like to do some serious travelling and just chill out. You will have earned it, Doc. But I am a "need to do something, keep my hands busy" kinda guy, so I will be around here until I am deaf and blind! [Laughs.] There are so many people that really like and respect you, Doc. That's because I send them fifty dollars regularly. [Laughing out loud.] Okay, well this is what fifty dollars gets you, Doc. Jeff Gomillion, an ADR mixer, says, "Doc is probably one of the most transparent, stand-up guys that I know. He has been nothing but good to me. Tell " " My uncle was Dr. Lewis Mathew Kane, and he was a surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital in Downtown Los Angeles in the 1930s and '40s. So when I was born, I was named after him, 'Lewis Mathew Kane.' But my aunt had a great sence of humor and said, 'Screw the formalities, let's just call him Doc.' WALL•E (2008)