John Ratzenberger searches his memory -- he's probably been asked this question a hundred times -- but can't remember anything special about his audition or voice-over sessions for the original "Toy Story." "It was a job," Ratzenberger says. "I believe in taking every job seriously, and doing my best work. But I didn't feel anything different. I definitely didn't know I'd be back."
Since that voice-over session for the 1995 movie "Toy Story," Pixar has grown tenfold, moved to a huge campus in Emeryville, Calif., and released six of the 10 top-grossing animated films of all time. But one thing has remained the same: Ratzenberger. He's returned to provide a voice for every one of Pixar's features -- "Toy Story 3" makes 11.
Pixar filmmakers refer to Ratzenberger as their "good luck charm." After voicing Hamm the piggy bank in "Toy Story," he was cast three years later as the ringmaster P.T. Flea in "A Bug's Life." The roles since then have been seemingly random: an abominable snowman, a school of moonfish, a supervillain, an anthropomorphic Mack truck, a waiter, a space traveler and a construction worker.
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