Editing Rob Paulsen (section)

==Early life==
Robert Frederick Paulsen III was born in [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], on March 11, 1956,<ref name="RobPaulsenLive">{{cite web |url=https://robpaulsenlive.com/about-us/ |title=Home Page |website=Rob Paulsen Live |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811185240/https://robpaulsenlive.com/about-us/ |archive-date=11 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="MLive"/> the son of Bob and Lee Paulsen. He was raised in [[Grand Blanc, Michigan]],<ref name="MLive">{{Cite web |title=Rob Paulsen of Grand Blanc voicing holiday special |url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/2008/12/rob_paulsen_of_grand_blanc_voi.html |access-date=9 May 2022 |website=MLive|date=5 December 2008 }}</ref> where he graduated from [[Grand Blanc High School]] in 1974.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.lib.msu.edu/red-tape/2017/oct/october-10-1954-rob-paulsen-iii-born/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020021527/https://blogs.lib.msu.edu/red-tape/2017/oct/october-10-1954-rob-paulsen-iii-born/ |archive-date=2019-10-20 |title=October 10, 1954 : Rob Paulsen III Born|work=MSU Libraries}}</ref> He sang in choirs throughout his youth and adolescence and began performing in plays in school, but his childhood idol was ice hockey player [[Gordie Howe]], and he considered the arts to be a secondary career choice due to his primary interest in becoming a [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) player.<ref name="MLive" /> He briefly attended the [[University of Michigan-Flint]], but later dropped out and moved to [[Los Angeles]] in 1978 to pursue a career in show business, much to the disapproval of his father, who was a doctor and wanted Paulsen to pursue a more realistic career.<ref name="MyCity Magazine">{{Cite web |last=Rosbury |first=Alison |date=January 4, 2016 |title=Laughter is the Best Medicine Q&A with Rob Paulsen |url=http://www.mycitymag.com/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-qa-with-rob-paulsen/ |access-date=October 21, 2019 |website=MyCity Magazine}}</ref><ref name="latimes1995"/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Paulsen |first=Rob |title=Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life |collaboration=Micheal Fleeman |publisher=Viva Editions |year=2019 |isbn=978-1632280664 |edition=1st |location=[[United States]] |publication-date=October 8, 2019 |pages=13–19 |language=en}}</ref>  He worked his first job as a musician, before pursuing voice acting full time.<ref name="latimes1995"/>