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Matt Groening

"It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more."

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"It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more."

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Donna Grant

"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

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Donna Grant

"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

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Donna Grant

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

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Donna Grant

"Leno, Conan. They are both really funny. They really know how to land one."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time."

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Donna Grant

"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over."

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Donna Grant

"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."

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Donna Grant

"I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny."

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Donna Grant

"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."

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Matt Groening
"When The Simpsons came around, there really was nothing else like it on TV. It's hard to imagine, but when Fox first took the plunge with it, it was considered controversial to put animation on prime time."

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Matt Groening
"It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more."

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Matt Groening
"Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and answer to, all of life's problems."

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Matt Groening
"Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before."

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Matt Groening
"I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I will do it again."

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Matt Groening
"Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention."

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Matt Groening
"When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities."

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Matt Groening
"One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself."

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Matt Groening
"It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have."

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Matt Groening
"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 stuff."

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