Matt Groening Quotes

I joke that I learned the essentials of storytelling from Hanna-Barbera, but I pretty much did. That kind of television is what enamored me as a kid, and that's what really got me hooked. You could say that's where it all began.

I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.

I'm very focused on 'Dexter' right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.

Well, I'm always working on my comic strip and trying to, you know, keep cranking that out.

You know, he would go and look at different funny books because he wanted his character to be different and make different faces. I saw a funny book in his room and it looked like the same character he was playing. It was about a duck.

'Mad Men' still lives in my life as the best job that I've ever had because I thought the character was genius. It was so well-written.

I would really like to do a really cool one-hour show, maybe on, like, HBO or something like that; or something that I've spent a couple of years developing so it would be exactly the character and exactly in with a huge push behind it; or I would maybe want to do a sitcom; something light and funny.

One of my favorite experiences in my career, certainly one of the most interesting characters I've ever played, was Simon Lee on 'The Event.' That was a show I was quite proud of and a character I really enjoyed playing. It was one of the most three-dimensional characters that was ever written for me and that I'd ever gotten to play.

I don't know what's coming down the pike in 'Gotham.' Part of me goes, 'Man, I just wish I could be in the writers' room. Do you need someone to make you guys coffee?' I just want to be a part of the flow of it.

I love me some 'Family Guy.'

With 'Sons of Anarchy,' I had to leave a couple of times - I got another show, and I had a baby - so they sent me off to rehab. If I hadn't left, they probably would've killed me off by now.

That's the great part about television: It's alive, and it changes and evolves with the way the characters evolve. Stuff that happens to you in your life when you're shooting a TV show, you have to be careful, because it might end up in the show.

I had been contemplating working on fiction show for some time and 'Humsafars' seemed like the perfect choice.

That guy in 'The Simpsons' - I love Groundskeeper Willie.

Through eight years, 'How I Met Your Mother' has mastered the art of leading-edge comedy, emotional water-cooler moments, and pop culture catch-phrases.

I actually felt like I was starting a new career as a news reporter while playing in 'Pinocchio.'

I've never seen 'The Simpsons.'

I made Tony a person. For me, Tony was real. I made him become a human being, and that affected the animation and everything.

When television gets in trouble is when it forgets that it all begins with the written word.

I'll continue doing 'Jingle Belle' as long as I've got a good story for her.

I left it entirely in the hands of the 'Emmerdale' team and had no input into how Andy would leave. I put my full trust in them to come up with a way for him to leave that was fitting for the character.

We all have great faith in the writing team that puts together 'Heroes.'

I love 'New Girl.' I think it's so fun.

This is the great thing about TV is that when you discover certain strengths in an actor, you can then begin to exploit them in really fun ways.