Matt Groening Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• With animation because you can draw anything and do anything and have the characters do whatever you want the tendency is to be very loose with the boundaries and the rules.

  Matt Groening

  Character, Want, Boundaries

  "'Futurama' ends: The Matt Groening interview, Part 2". Interview with Robert Lloyd, articles.latimes.com. July 24, 2013.

• 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.

  Matt Groening

  Funny, Moving, Character

• The tendency in comedy is to have a character who's stupid get more stupid, because you're trying to top yourself and not just repeat.

  Matt Groening

  Stupid, Character, Trying

• Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid at the time. I had this idea of an angry father yelling "Bart," and Bart sounds kind of like bark - like a barking dog.

  Matt Groening

  Dog, Father, School

  "Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield". Interview with Claudia De La Roca, www.smithsonianmag.com. May 2012.

• I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I have a sister Lisa and another sister Maggie, so I drew all of them. I was going to name the main character Matt, but I didn't think it would go over well in a pitch meeting, so I changed the name to Bart.

  Matt Groening

  Mother, Father, Character

  "Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield". Interview with Claudia De La Roca, www.smithsonianmag.com. May 2012.

• 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 the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul.

  Matt Groening

  Character, Soul, Trying

• 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.

  Matt Groening

  Character, Done, Tone

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