"If I were actually Homer Simpson, I'd be getting scripts out the wazoo." — Dan Castellaneta

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.

I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.

I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.

The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.

Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them.

It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up.

Showcase

Show all

If I were actually Homer Simpson, I'd be getting scripts out the wazoo.