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Trey Parker

(1969) Screenwriter United States

113 quotes in 627 categories

Trey Parker admits he hates making South Park, saying it’s super stressful and makes him miserable. He jokes that most people are only lightly religious, so laughing about faith is okay. He also notes that his dad gets the most jokes in the show.

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Trey Parker is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for South Park.

Quick Facts About Trey Parker

Born: October 19, 1969
Nationality: United States
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: South Park

About Trey Parker

Trey Parker, full name Randolph Severn Parker III, is an American animator, writer, producer, director, songwriter and actor best known for co‑creating South Park and the musical The Book of Mormon with Matt Stone.

Awards & Honors

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical The Game Awards − Best Performance Laurence Olivier Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Annie Award Peabody Awards Tony Award for Best Original Score

Quotes by Trey Parker

All the religions are super funny to me.

Funny

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My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut.

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“I have maggots in my scrotum.”

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I can feel myself dying inside.

Death

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I have no desire to ever talk to Sean Penn.

Desire

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I was a big 'Charlie Brown' fan as a kid.

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I was a big Broadway fan for a while.

Actor

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I find Mormons adorable.

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Any job is a job. If you have to be doing something, then you're probably not enjoying it.

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The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

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Living is having ups and downs and sharing them with friends.

Friendship

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I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister.

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Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas.

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I don't want to say never, but I hope I don't become that 'take me seriously now' guy.

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You don't need missionaries in Colorado; you got Colorado.

Colorado

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I see Santa Claus and Joseph Smith and Luke Skywalker as the same person.

Christmas

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I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

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No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not…

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I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to…

Brother

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It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything…

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Like anything important, anything you need people to hear - you've got to have music for it. You've got to make it…

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I find Mormons adorable. I love Disneyland and old musicals, and, to me, Mormonism fits right in with all of that.

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What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.

Connections

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That was a misconception among a lot of people - that Mormons are polygamist. No, they're not. I mean they obviously have…

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If you ever go to Temple Square in Salt Lake City, if you stay there long enough, you'll see a homeless person…

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Basically ... out of all the ridiculous religion stories which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah ...…

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No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park…

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How many times have you been watching an episode of 'South Park' and thought, 'I'd like to be able to watch this…

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When you were a teenager in Colorado, the way to be a punk rocker was to rip on Reagan and Bush and…

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When someone goes, 'Oh, this group is really pissed off at what you said,' there's not a piece of my body that…

Body

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It's all based on saying the shocking thing. We used to have a great time going to Hollywood parties and saying 'I…

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The truth is, marijuana probably isn't going to make you kill people. Most likely isn't going to fund terrorists, but pot makes…

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“I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the mark When he made Pearl Harbor. I miss you more than that movie…

Making movies

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“Kyle, every boy pays for kisses. Do you know what I am saying? If you've got a girl, and she kisses you,…

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“Kim Jong Il: Hans Brix? Oh no! Oh, herro. Great to see you again, Hans! Hans Blix: Mr. Il, I was supposed…

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When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at…

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I love life... Well yeah, and I'm sad, but at the same time I'm really happy that something could make me feel…

Alive

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“In the 14 years we’ve been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn’t stand behind. We delivered…

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I hate puppets so much.

Hate

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I was always a very happy, optimistic person.

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