Genndy Tartakovsky Quotes

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

I'm like a sight gag.

I love nothing better than a dirty cartoon. I think that it's really, really funny to see adult themes in a genre that's usually directed towards children.

Mike Myers as Austin Powers makes me laugh - that was genius - and Daffy Duck makes me laugh, but I like odd behavior. I don't like hip dialogue and one-liners and all that sort of cool, sophomoric comedy. It's just not for me.

Mystery Science Theater is really a postmodern show, it's really derived of many influences.

'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within the shows, if you're paying attention, are pretty smart and pretty sophisticated.

'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political.

I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

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. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

All genuinely intellectual work is humorous.

I really like comedy. There's always a choice, when you're writing: you can either go for the joke or you can go for the story, the important stuff.

I am drawn to humorous art that is ironic.

On 'Robot Chicken' we parodied a lot of things but it was done out of love.

I loved Peter Sellers. I thought he was the perfect mix of physical comedy with out-of-the-box humor. I loved his tone; I loved his physicality; I loved everything about what he was doing as a comedic actor.

More eccentric characters can push pretty far, but if you stay on the side of reality, it's always funnier.

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

No one thought that the Disney Superpower had the ability to laugh at itself, but 'Enchanted' proved everyone wrong.

I don't do jokes. The characters are my jokes.

Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.

I don't think a lot of people gave 'Beavis & Butt-Head' credit for how subtle it could be.

Now a 'funnyman' can get a laugh before opening his mouth - looking funny. Lou Costello was one of your great funnymen. Harry Langdon, Larry Semon; they were all funnymen - they looked funny. W.C. Fields was never a comedian. Slim Summerville was a comedian, yet looked funny. Now if you have both attributes, you are in good shape.

There's some sort of unspoken license... when outlandish things come out of an inanimate object, somehow it equals humor.