As one of the lead actors on “The Simpsons,” voice actor Hank Azaria has certainly had plenty of success creating commanding vocal performances. His greatest struggles in the new film “Chicago 10″ then, weren’t so much in creating voices but, as the actor admitted to MTV News, in “re-creating” them.

“I knew my job was to sound as much like Abbie Hoffman and Allen Ginsberg as I could,” he said. “With their voices in the actual film, the idea was to get it as close to 100 percent accurate as I could. For me it was mostly audience tapes. I spent a few weeks practicing.”

The animated documentary from director Brett Morgan centers on a group of anti-war protestors – including Hoffman and Ginsberg – who are put on trial for conspiracy, inciting riots, and other charges relating to protests that took place on the eve of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

It’s an anti-war, anti-establishment message that resonates with Azaria, who says the lesson is that “we don’t have to just sit there and take it.”

“You can’t not admire Abbie [Hoffman],” Azaria contended. “A guy with that much courage and spirit and selflessness, righting wrongs in such a colorful and courageous way. That seems to be reflected in the election right now. I think part of [Obama’s] message is hope.”

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