Attention Quote by Billy West

With 'Futurama,' I was just worried that somebody would beat us to it; it seemed so obvious that there should be an animated science…

— Matt Groening

With animated film, you have to create the sonic world; there's nothing there. You get to color things in more and you're allowed to…

— Hans Zimmer

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than…

— Dan Castellaneta

'The Simpsons' was about children and married parents; 'Futurama' is about people in between; they're growing up and haven't settled down. Every other cartoon…

— Matt Groening

A cartoon character isn't a specific person. It isn't Tom Cruise or George Clooney playing the part, it's a character that could be you.…

— Tomm Moore

In my students, I'm always dispelling the notion that characters come like a light bulb over the head in cartoons. For me, it's like…

— Anthony Doerr

'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within…

— Matt Groening

Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.

— Matt Groening

Anybody in animation today would be lying if they said they weren't somehow influenced by 'The Simpsons' to a certain degree. Except for the…

— Justin Roiland

For me as an audience member, it makes the characters more relatable and interesting if they're evolving and changing - it makes them feel…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

A lot of comics aren't their on-screen personas; Chris Rock isn't always ranting and raving. What I do is make myself this over-the-top character…

— Billy Eichner

Not all cartoon humor is just about having bugged-out eyes and tongues flying out of people's heads.

— John Kricfalusi