Actor Tom Kenny, 52, is the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants and hundreds of other cartoon characters. His voice will appear in “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” due in February. He spoke with Marc Myers.

Since I spend my days acting like a hyperactive child, you can’t really say I grew up anywhere. I did live with my family in East Syracuse, N.Y., until I was 21. Today, I live in Studio City, Calif., with my wife, Jill, in a house that looks like it belongs in East Syracuse. Life has come full circle.

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