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- Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.
- I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction.
- I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great.
- Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.
- 'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.
- 'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.
- We've got a bunch of new writers now who tell me they grew up watching The Simpsons. It's bizarre, and they're writing some very funny…
- Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the…
- I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and…
- I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to keep…
- I know for a fact, obviously, because my kids grew up watching the show, that there are some things they are introduced to from 'The…
- I may be biting off more than I can chew, but with 'The Simpsons' and with 'Futurama,' what I'm trying to do in the guise…
- I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons'…
- I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got…
- Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back…
- On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny.…
- Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.
- The conundrum that I face on a daily basis is that I have two sons who have grown up watching 'The Simpsons,' so they know…
- 'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within the…
- 'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic…
- 'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they…
- '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 show…
- The thing about a cartoon is, you can do whatever you want. The tightrope that we are walking on 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama' is 'How…
- The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all.…
- We did 'The Simpsons Movie,' which took almost four years; it was the same people that do the TV show, and it just killed us.…
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- I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of… — Ed Begley, Jr.
- Is there a sharper commentary on American culture and the world than The Simpsons? — Anthony Bourdain
- The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well — Dan Castellaneta
- The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more… — Dan Castellaneta
- The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had… — Dan Castellaneta
- When it moved to Friday night it disappeared, when they find another show that can do what The Simpsons does, they will… — Harry Shearer
- I wouldn't be surprised if some day, they put the Simpsons in the Smithsonian. It's become part of our culture, those characters. — Joe Mantegna
- I Feel like I'm one of the Simpsons — Elisha Cuthbert
- There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's… — Patrick Warburton
- We're going to keep trying to strengthen the American family. To make them more like The Waltons and less like The Simpsons. — George H. W. Bush
- In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director… — Hank Azaria
- I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating… — Ralph Bakshi