DiMaggio, an actor, understands what actors require, namely: personal validation. Compliments are key and feedback is vital. It also helps when you respect your fellow actors for remaining professional and keeping their profound talents on display. DiMaggio recalled working with Arthur and how talented she was, despite the fact that they were being openly lascivious. He said:
“I mean, you recognize talent. You definitely [have to] give ’em a little, ‘Hey man, that’s good stuff you’re doing.’ Because everybody likes to hear it. I mean, case in point, when I was doing ‘Futurama,’ we had Bea Arthur! ‘Amazon Women in the Mood,’ she was the Femputer. And Bender has scenes with her; we did scenes together. […] Doing makeout scenes with Bea Arthur, a Golden Girl! Maude! And I’m doing, like, makeout scenes with her! I actually said at one point [Bender voice] ‘Oh yeah baby, give me some of that!’ To f***ing Bea Arthur!”
Arthur, despite how game she was to play a femputer with absurd lines of dialogue about snu snu, still sought input and validation from DiMaggio. Despite a long and prolific career, Arthur was inexperienced with voice acting. When she asked DiMaggio for approval, he recognized the actorly impulse for validation, a recognition that humbled him. DiMaggio said:
“But the first scene we did […] I was there, they were like, ‘John, Bea’s coming in, would you want to record with her?’ Because I had already recorded my stuff. I was like, ‘Hell yeah, dude! You kidding? She’s a legend!’ And I went in, and we did the first scene, and she turned to me and she went ‘How am I doing?’ And I went, ‘Aw, Ms. Arthur you’re doing absolutely unbelievable.'”