An Interview with Marc Graue, Part 1: Hotel Mario

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
  • Marc Graue has voiced dozens of characters across film, television, and video games. Among his most notable appearances was as the one-time voice of Mario and Luigi, in 1993's Hotel Mario. Hotel Mario was the best-selling video game for the Philips CD-I.
    In this segment, Graue talks about the polarizing reception to his portrayal of the Mushroom Kingdom's saviors, dealing with gamers, and challenges for voice actors.
    Be sure to watch other segments from the Marc Graue interview:
    Hotel Mario: 00:49
    The Worst Director: 07:47
    Writing: 08:41
    Technology in Voice Acting: 10:50
    The Normal Guy: 16:10
    The 'Unnamed Starlet': 20:50
    The Captain Morgan Story: 22:52
    Charlton Heston: 24:44
    TV Teddy:
    Natural Voices:
    Voicing Mario:
    Full Interview (almost 20 minutes):
    NDH Films Presents An Interview With Marc Graue
    Produced, Directed, and Edited by Nicholas Bernhard
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    Cinematography by Josh Glassman
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    Camera Operators: Josh Glassman, Carrie Morgan
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    Prod. Sound Mixer, Boom Operator: David Levine
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    Clapper: Carrie Morgan
    Music: "Intertwined", performed by Ivory Drive
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    Shot at the Marc Graue Voice Over Studios, Burbank, CA
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    Be sure to check out other NDH Films interviews:
    An Interview with Hal Robins: Actor, Writer, Master of Church Secrets (Voice of Dr. Kleiner in Half-Life 2)
    • The Hal Robins Intervi...
    An Interview with John Patrick Lowrie (voice of the Sniper in Team Fortress 2)
    • An Interview With John...
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  • @timrob12
    @timrob12 7 років тому +802

    I'm glad Marc likes what people having been doing with the footage, because the UA-cam Poop people are really funny.

  • @xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx
    @xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx 6 років тому +10

    Screw Charles, this guy is god.

    • @garfieif8187
      @garfieif8187 5 років тому +5

      Honestly, Charles voice is grating. It works because Mario never actually has much dialogue aside from "yahoos" and "let's go", but to actually hear full lines of dialogue in that high pitched, caricatured Italian accent... oof.

    • @jadendafinger
      @jadendafinger 4 роки тому +3

      GarfieIf Thats why mario being a semi silent protagonist works in the games. Especially in the RPGs. He did sound fine in M64 so maybe its him getting older

    • @ssg-eggunner
      @ssg-eggunner 7 місяців тому +1

      Bro acts legend cannot coexist

    • @AzumarillConGafasBv
      @AzumarillConGafasBv 4 місяці тому +2

      They're both god, they can co exist

    • @foolproofgaming4866
      @foolproofgaming4866 6 годин тому

      this aged poorly

  • @Puppyjuan_1970
    @Puppyjuan_1970 6 років тому +3

    *NOU*

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  6 років тому +6

      puppy 1970 Or maybe a koopa will lend us his, if we... persuade him...

  • @TheFawfulfan
    @TheFawfulfan 8 років тому +626

    Marc Graue actually makes a decent version of Mario, considering this was pretty much before Charles Martinet snagged the role. I only wished the audio quality for Hotel Mario was better in general. It would be a lot easier to listen to.

    • @garfieif8187
      @garfieif8187 5 років тому +10

      The audio quality is actually fine, it's just that Quebec gamers is an absolute garbage website

    • @robbiewalker2831
      @robbiewalker2831 4 роки тому +22

      Fawful theLEGO Really? Because Marc makes a decent version of Luigi. If Martinet’s Mario and Marc’s Luigi bounce at each other, it would be funny.

    • @iteachvader
      @iteachvader 4 роки тому +9

      @@TenshiCat Ohai, Tenshi!

    • @TenshiCat
      @TenshiCat 4 роки тому +4

      @@iteachvader What's up, iteachvader? I see you're walking the same path that I did a couple of years ago, that's awesome! Marc Graue seems like a great guy, and I love both his normal voice, and the way he can seamlessly transition into other voices whilst talking!

    • @iteachvader
      @iteachvader 4 роки тому +6

      @@TenshiCat I do that myself with accents too, it's not too hard once you're used to it. Also, I made a Discord server if you'd like to join! You can find the link in my community posts.

  • @mitschcrafter6766
    @mitschcrafter6766 3 роки тому +94

    3:59 Wow.. that actually sounded like charles martinets Mario but with a irish accent lol.

  • @Yarumasi
    @Yarumasi 7 років тому +290

    man watching him pitch his voice up and down was insane

  • @HalfPinoyPride
    @HalfPinoyPride 7 років тому +125

    2:19 i thought of the bowser laugh lmao

    • @AlliroG98
      @AlliroG98 4 роки тому +19

      "That's that creepy Bowser's laugh!"

  • @canaldohector
    @canaldohector 4 роки тому +164

    His voices for the Mario characters weren't bad at all. It was before Charles Martinet's voice became well know, and it sounded very similar to the DiC cartoons. The problem was the weird script and the low quality of that old video.

    • @TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden
      @TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden 11 місяців тому

      Sounded more like the 1993 movie guys but with way more effort and enthusiasm

  • @PokeDude011
    @PokeDude011 8 років тому +562

    GAY LUIGI

  • @AlliroG98
    @AlliroG98 7 років тому +245

    5:01 That "you know" sounded exactly the way it did in Hotel Mario.

    • @OorangeCat
      @OorangeCat 6 років тому +58

      *"You know what they say, all toasters toast toast"*

  • @butterhindi5568
    @butterhindi5568 3 роки тому +39

    5:11 there you go that kinda where his Mario voice comes in

  • @Fractorification
    @Fractorification 7 років тому +363

    It would be funny if he got to voice Mario in some Easter Egg where we can swap Charles voice for his after you 100% complete a game or something. Because in all honesty, he's actually not a bad Mario. Sure, not the iconic voice we've come to know and love over the years, but he still fits the depiction of an Italian plumber in his own way. In fact, Charles was originally going to make him sound as raspy as this before he made the switch.

    • @cooliofoolio
      @cooliofoolio 7 років тому +14

      Mario quit his plumbing job, unfortunately :(
      Oh well, plumbing is disgusting anyway.

    • @MorrisMusic
      @MorrisMusic 7 років тому +28

      'Before he made the switch'
      **INSERT THAT SWITCH SOUND**

    • @ExaltedArchvile
      @ExaltedArchvile 7 років тому +17

      "Hey, how ya doin'? I'm under your sink, don't bodda me." -Charles Martinet

    • @Kyubeyisbestboy
      @Kyubeyisbestboy 6 років тому +4

      Def better than Super Show. I have a huge nostalgia for Hotel Mario's cutscenes.

    • @franciscoandrada412
      @franciscoandrada412 6 років тому +2

      Sayori Viruscomputerbad2003 and Mario world show?

  • @Luxembourgish
    @Luxembourgish 9 років тому +144

    should have made the tone of the interview more humorous than critical

  • @TSMSnation
    @TSMSnation 7 років тому +70

    4:23 garbage man from statin island.
    i see what you did there ;)

  • @Yuti640
    @Yuti640 2 роки тому +58

    The Marc Mario voice is literally one of my go to voices, it actually fits quite a bit in multiple situations while the actual Charles Mario doesn’t really fit too much in situations other than Mario himself

  • @Nutshaq
    @Nutshaq 7 років тому +111

    Nintendo needs to hit up this guy for a sequel

    • @thecianinator
      @thecianinator 3 роки тому +6

      Condominium Mario

    • @cooper2723
      @cooper2723 6 місяців тому

      section 8 apartment complex Mario

    • @Alcalop.
      @Alcalop. 6 місяців тому

      @@cooper2723the guy

    • @Neoniq41
      @Neoniq41 2 місяці тому

      @@cooper2723 What the hell are you doing here

  • @mudkiplegendstreamsmemesan3690
    @mudkiplegendstreamsmemesan3690 4 роки тому +59

    Without Marc Graue we wouldn’t have UA-cam Poop

  • @ubermenschmexa
    @ubermenschmexa 3 роки тому +36

    I always pictured the CDI VAs as everyday people, not even actors who only accepted the job because it got to them, but this man sounds amazingly professional, he IS a real voice actor and seems very fond of his job. Is there anymore of this interview?

  • @ZippyRagu
    @ZippyRagu 7 років тому +87

    Of COURSE they got the clip from quebecgamers!

  • @corproblox3874
    @corproblox3874 7 років тому +94

    Mario & Luigi's voices suit them very well! Great voice acting!

    • @SuperMarioJustin4
      @SuperMarioJustin4 7 років тому +5

      Ahem, Charles Martinet.

    • @igotpussyonthebrainthatstr6085
      @igotpussyonthebrainthatstr6085 7 років тому +9

      Graue's voice fits Hotel Mario best

    • @claudia-qt9gu
      @claudia-qt9gu 5 років тому +2

      CorpROBLOX No! Charles is 100 percent better! He is the one I grew up with!

    • @frobsonsdesenhos
      @frobsonsdesenhos 5 років тому +2

      @@claudia-qt9gu that's just his opinion.

    • @peepsg
      @peepsg 2 роки тому

      @@SuperMarioJustin4 he is the best for Mario, but I can’t say it perfect for role due to his voicing not very talk that much unlike other actors except his sound effect are amazing. I actually prefer this actor, Lou Albano, Walker Boone and other actors I like

  • @JoeRossProductions
    @JoeRossProductions 5 років тому +50

    Remember: Where there's smoke, they pinch back!

    • @jadendafinger
      @jadendafinger 4 роки тому +6

      Joe Ross Productions All toasters lend us lots of spaghetti

  • @thecianinator
    @thecianinator 3 роки тому +18

    4:33 he does the Mario voice

  • @ZmeyKolbasnik
    @ZmeyKolbasnik 7 років тому +36

    Please ask him if he has the voice clips, so I can do Hotel Mario, But No sounds, Voices only.

    • @cooliofoolio
      @cooliofoolio 7 років тому +18

      Zmey Kolbasnik
      Those we're probably lost long ago.

    • @gusvenga8627
      @gusvenga8627 6 місяців тому +4

      About that...

    • @palmzmetal9131
      @palmzmetal9131 6 місяців тому +2

      It may have been 7 years since you asked, but your wish is fulfilled now 😂

  • @Nutshaq
    @Nutshaq 7 років тому +34

    Weegee, look!

  • @kavakahn9387
    @kavakahn9387 6 років тому +22

    I mean, New Yorkers, especially those from Long Island, do have some strong Italian heritage, so the Long Island accent is pretty accurate, especially for an Italian plumber from New York.

  • @elizarkozik4715
    @elizarkozik4715 8 років тому +41

    I like that we can see the mario vioce actors point of view =)

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  8 років тому +20

      This was one of my big reasons for doing the interview.

    • @elizarkozik4715
      @elizarkozik4715 8 років тому +1

      Nice good for you =)

  • @sirwoofish4335
    @sirwoofish4335 6 років тому +31

    hearing him move his voice up and down was insane!

  • @AstroTibs
    @AstroTibs 7 років тому +31

    2:02 so yeah, Simpsons pretty much predicted this kind of behavior from the gaming community way back in 1997.

  • @JRS06
    @JRS06 7 місяців тому +7

    Now that we've lost Charles Martinet, we need Marc Graue to fill his shoes and be the new voice of Mario.

  • @JohnPaulBuce
    @JohnPaulBuce 2 роки тому +9

    ytp material

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  2 роки тому +4

      “Maybe a koopa will lend us his, if we... persuade him.”
      “Gimme the pipe or I’m gonna break your arm.”

    • @JohnPaulBuce
      @JohnPaulBuce 2 роки тому +2

      @@NDHFilms 🌈luigi

  • @emptyspotlight
    @emptyspotlight 7 років тому +16

    i would have asked him if he wanted to eat lotsa spaghetti. he kinda could be mario looks like him kinda

  • @hypershadix1
    @hypershadix1 8 років тому +24

    Hey I saw a video a couple of years ago that had the intro to hotel Mario redone with the original voice actor, and I can't seem to find the video anywhere, can y'all help me?

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  8 років тому +6

      Marc Graue was the voice actor for Mario in Hotel Mario. Do you mean the intro re-done with Charles Martinet?

    • @hypershadix1
      @hypershadix1 8 років тому +18

      +NDHFilms no it had cussing and stuff in it like this "so what the fuck is going on" "its with that fucked up sign"

    • @MrAnsatsuken
      @MrAnsatsuken 7 років тому +12

      hypershadix1 look up "hotel mario 2012".

    • @hypershadix1
      @hypershadix1 7 років тому +8

      Solaire of Astora thanks man I've been looking for that for years now

  • @spinballpac-man
    @spinballpac-man 7 місяців тому +5

    5:13 I always come back to this bit of the video just to hear him say this!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @crummylion
    @crummylion 7 місяців тому +7

    Ratchet and Clank A Crack in Time was great, not just because it was Charles Martinet's favorite non-Nintendo project to work on. But also the fact that Marc Grauc has an appearance in the game. A rare crossover of the Marios.

  • @MrRenix1990
    @MrRenix1990 7 років тому +13

    All toasters...toast TOAST!

  • @George-je1zk
    @George-je1zk Рік тому +6

    Nice of this channel to invite us for a interview, Ey Luigi?

  • @LandonEmma
    @LandonEmma 25 днів тому +1

    3:09 he sounds just like Charles’ normal voice

  • @Coolmusicplaylist
    @Coolmusicplaylist 4 роки тому +4

    Black pimp is politically incorrect? It's pretty common down in the hood. Whoever stated it's incorrect never seen a pimp.

  • @whitesandals5759
    @whitesandals5759 3 роки тому +8

    Get this guy to do mario in the new mario movie

    • @Sampler-YTP
      @Sampler-YTP 2 роки тому +5

      hope you like emmet from the lego movie

  • @cartonofegg
    @cartonofegg Рік тому +4

    I'm probably not the first person to say this, but he would be a great Wario or Waluigi if they're in a Mario Movie sequel

  • @jeremyforman4905
    @jeremyforman4905 4 роки тому +7

    Also just so you know he also narrates for Alaska state troopers

    • @jokerraton8183
      @jokerraton8183 4 роки тому +2

      You know what they say, "all state troopers troop states"

  • @names_are_useless
    @names_are_useless Рік тому +7

    I love this guy, I could listen to him talk for hours!

  • @jamesborlan2850
    @jamesborlan2850 4 роки тому +6

    This is a great interview even after these actors got hated for either starring in a so called bad game or having so called bad performances you can tell that they are nice people and are fun to interview with Marc grade mike oollack and Jason Griffith all seems relaxed and aware of what happened say what you guys want but hotel Mario and Sonic 06 has been hated enough and sonic x is far from the worst sonic cartoon ever although it still has its flaws I’ve found the second season to be the series biggest turnaround I can understand why the first season is hated but when you watch the second season you’ll notice some improvements case in point I like most Mario and sonic games and there’s only a handful of games from both franchises that I hate especially lost levels Sonics lost world Mario pinball land the sonic boom games the educational games from both franchises sonic forces Mario land 1 ( call it a love hate relationship) sonic labyrinth etc. plus smb1 and sonic 1 has moments where they age poorly so even the classics are not perfect

  • @deatsbybre7162
    @deatsbybre7162 6 років тому +8

    He looks like Jack Nicholson

  • @GamingTopTen
    @GamingTopTen 7 місяців тому +3

    He seems like a pretty cool dude.

  • @deltad3592
    @deltad3592 6 років тому +8

    He did the trailer for the incredibles video game
    I think

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  6 років тому +3

      Scott Pilgrim vs Za Warudo I think you're right. ua-cam.com/video/s3xxZ_GY6ck/v-deo.html

  • @demonspawn5164
    @demonspawn5164 2 роки тому +4

    5:32(he is talking about W2) Marc Graue has 10/10 charisma for sure 🤯

  • @Corncake1337
    @Corncake1337 7 місяців тому +2

    W

  • @Cp-71
    @Cp-71 6 місяців тому +2

    Personally, he is my favourite Mario voice - after Martinet, of course. I don't get where the criticism can even come from!

  • @needadispenserhere6109
    @needadispenserhere6109 4 роки тому +7

    Nice of the princess to invite us over for a picnic eh Luigi.

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  4 роки тому +6

      Need A Dispenser Here I hope she made lotsa spaghetti!

    • @BluboComics
      @BluboComics 4 роки тому +1

      It's from Bowser!

    • @unsubscribenow6474
      @unsubscribenow6474 3 роки тому +2

      "Dear pesky plumbers, the koopalings and I have taken over the mushroom kingdom. The princess is now a permanent guest at one of my seven koopa hotels, I dare ya to find her if you can."

    • @DotMatrix-MLP
      @DotMatrix-MLP 9 місяців тому

      We gotta find the princess!

    • @Jethcon
      @Jethcon 7 місяців тому

      ​@@DotMatrix-MLP and YOU gotta help us!

  • @SvAwesomeness94
    @SvAwesomeness94 Рік тому +3

    I wish Mario sounded more like this. Reminds me of SMBSS

  • @neuronoc.7343
    @neuronoc.7343 Рік тому +2

    Why the hell didn't we try getting Chris Pratt swapped out with Marc for the upcoming Mario movie?

  • @monkeyingaround9740
    @monkeyingaround9740 7 місяців тому +2

    I can absolutely hear a pinch of CD-I Mario in even his normal voice.

  • @abc-ss5sd
    @abc-ss5sd 7 років тому +4

    does this guy voice some of the rebels in half life 2?

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  7 років тому +3

      +abc123 I think you mean John Patrick Lowrie, who I interviewed in some other videos.

  • @Averagebasementman
    @Averagebasementman Рік тому +2

    If you thought peter cullen voicing mario was crazy well here ya go.

  • @el_gato619
    @el_gato619 Рік тому +2

    Goated Mario actor

  • @FlyingPenguin3000
    @FlyingPenguin3000 Місяць тому

    I really love how 3:53 sounds like Marc Graue doing an impression of Lhugueny doing an impression of Super Mario.

  • @coolguy02536
    @coolguy02536 6 років тому +4

    Fenix from LOTV and Xin Fu from Avatar. I never knew.

  • @AzumarillConGafasBv
    @AzumarillConGafasBv 4 місяці тому +1

    He looks like a chill guy, must be fun to talk with him

  • @sightseeing7993
    @sightseeing7993 5 років тому +4

    The DEFINITIVE Mario.

  • @RaposaCadela
    @RaposaCadela 5 років тому +2

    Your description is unfinished

  • @rainbowspongebob
    @rainbowspongebob 3 роки тому +1

    Cool I fnally know who it is mario

  • @SoftwareAgentsTV
    @SoftwareAgentsTV 7 років тому +2

    Man this video is finally starting to gain some footing in terms of views!!!

  • @benliss1591
    @benliss1591 9 років тому +8

    this guys evil

  • @socialaccount0000
    @socialaccount0000 6 років тому +3

    He knows...

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  6 років тому +2

      He knows... what?

  • @Kurzov
    @Kurzov 3 роки тому +2

    That Otta Do It

  • @TheRandom1212Channel
    @TheRandom1212Channel 4 місяці тому

    5:13 NEW SOURCE!!!!!

  • @mudkiplegendstreamsmemesan3690
    @mudkiplegendstreamsmemesan3690 4 роки тому +2

    SPAGHETTI!

  • @BlackieFoxxless
    @BlackieFoxxless Рік тому +1

    Marc Graue, would you like to say more lines in YTP hotel mario videos so we don't have to sentence-mix them anymore?

  • @angus80w
    @angus80w 7 місяців тому +1

    Interesting!

  • @bluenoob4787
    @bluenoob4787 6 років тому +2

    Damn I wish I had that voice

  • @guest19901990
    @guest19901990 4 роки тому +2

    My childhood

  • @godziller7136
    @godziller7136 6 років тому +2

    _no_

  •  5 років тому +1

    Yall should definitely interview Jack Levy too, who did the music!

  • @JuniorfanTheEnlightment
    @JuniorfanTheEnlightment Рік тому

    This guy needs to be the official voice of Mario after Charles Martinet is retiring! He has the sexiest Mario voice to exist!

  • @SamnissArandeen
    @SamnissArandeen Рік тому

    This guy's alive and kicking but they got Chris Pratt to voice Mario instead.

  • @shrubbins2846
    @shrubbins2846 6 років тому +1

    *All toasters, toast toast!*

  • @AsteroidBK
    @AsteroidBK Рік тому

    I just can't believe he didn't do any quotes

  • @doranstewartstewart6521
    @doranstewartstewart6521 7 років тому +1

    I look forward to Arin and Danny making fun of you

    • @NDHFilms
      @NDHFilms  7 років тому

      doran stewart stewart ???

    • @doranstewartstewart6521
      @doranstewartstewart6521 7 років тому

      NDHFilms you’ll see

    • @SirBlacknoiseIII
      @SirBlacknoiseIII 6 років тому +11

      Arin can't even open up the dvd tray without fucking up and blaming the creators lmao

  • @AdamMerlin
    @AdamMerlin Рік тому

    Took me a while but I hear it! Wish he tried doing the voice again

  • @superjumpbros64
    @superjumpbros64 7 місяців тому

    Wow

  • @jonathanhargraves2241
    @jonathanhargraves2241 2 роки тому

    I'd love to be this man, to just be able to laugh at a joke along with everyone else

  • @shoebill4902
    @shoebill4902 Рік тому

    All toasters toast toast

  • @UltraNurture
    @UltraNurture 7 років тому +1

    Wow nice

  • @jahredlee8295
    @jahredlee8295 2 роки тому

    Man if his daughter asked to do stories it would be the best.

  • @EmeraldBlack-up6xi
    @EmeraldBlack-up6xi 7 років тому

    I remember he voiced the foreman in Construction Zone.

  • @daymona
    @daymona 7 років тому

    I BET SHE MADE LOTSA SPAGHETTI

  • @ancientapparition1638
    @ancientapparition1638 6 років тому

    Pretty cool dude

  • @yimmydotjpg3494
    @yimmydotjpg3494 3 роки тому +3

    can't believe he made it out of the rec room alive

  • @petermeatballs6252
    @petermeatballs6252 2 роки тому

    Marc graue should also voice luigi in Nintendo games charles martinet can't voice all characters by himself

  • @petermeatballs6252
    @petermeatballs6252 Рік тому

    Has marc graue met charles martinet?

  • @amazingmeatballs683
    @amazingmeatballs683 2 роки тому

    He sounds like a parody of Stan lee