Matt Groening Quotes

I know for a fact, obviously, because my kids grew up watching the show, that there are some things they are introduced to from 'The Simpsons', and then later in life they see the thing we're parodying. My kids had not seen 'Casablanca,' and we'd done parodies of 'Casablanca.'

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

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

As a comedian, I'm always quoting 'Caddyshack' and 'Dumb and Dumber.'

The first time I heard 'Sharknado,' I thought it was a late-night infomercial for a new vacuum cleaner. Could have swore I ordered one once. Then I found out what it was and remembered that I grew up reading the 'Sharknado' novels.

I'll tell you one big misconception. Cops never say 'Freeze!' It might be misinterpreted. They might think you were, like, ordering fries. Or that you had fleas.

I'm sometimes mistaken as the wife of the chairman. I just laugh it off.

I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.

Many people have done really well pulling their characters out; I think 'Wayne's World' really hit the mark.

The Wizard of Ooze

I really hate misunderstandings - to a degree that it's hard for me to watch sitcoms, or any kind of funny movie where there's, like, this big mishap, or miscommunication. It gives me such anxiety that I almost can't make it through the movie.

I love to play it. I think it's funny. It's always been funny to me. Somebody who's large and in charge but totally wrong-headed.

You don't necessarily equate me with humor!

'S.N.L.' has become what it was always trying to make fun of. It's become this big machine. I don't want to be plugged into a machine.

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

There is no way I will survive Mike Pence doing Carpool Karaoke. What song's he gonna sing? 'I Deported Your Grandmother?'

On 'The Soup,' we were never a political show.

I am not a cop. Really. I've just been playing one on television so long that people get a little confused sometimes.

I can't see anybody wanting to go to 'Tank Girl: The Musical!'

As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live.

Mike Judge is my Jonathan Swift, and I say that because I don't know any other satirists. But the problem with satire is that it's so easily misinterpreted.

I like 'The Simpsons' like everybody else. But yeah - people think I'll always be super intense.

I don't think 'Freak Dance' is a parody; it's more reference than anything. People don't think of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' as a 'Frankenstein' parody. It's kind of like that.

Believe me, when I saw 'Family Guy' do the bit on 'Africa,' I howled laughing.

I've always been a fan of 'Black-ish.'