Hank Azaria based his voice characterization of Apu on a clerk who worked at a 7-Eleven near his home in Los Angeles as well as on Peter Sellers' character Hrundi V. Bakshi, an Indian actor, from the film The Party.
Hank Azaria lehnte den Stimmcharakter von Apu an einen 7-Eleven-Angestellten an, der in der Nähe seines Hauses in Los Angeles arbeitete, sowie auf Peter Sellers' Charakter Hrundi V. Bakshi, einem indischen Schauspieler aus dem Film Der Partyschreck.