Seth Green Quotes

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

I like 'The Simpsons' quite a lot. I love the irreverent character of the whole show. It's great.

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

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.

I didn't necessarily set out to think of a show to make fun of reality shows.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

I love period dramas and language, but I love comedy as well.

I used to love comic books, and I love American comedy, and neither are afraid to tackle big themes.

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

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

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.

Satire is a lesson, parody is a game.

And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours.

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

I'd love to do some comedy. Particularly French comedy, which I know sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Rory Bremner I have no problem with; he is a satirist, and a very funny one, too.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth is we're just wholesome middle-American guys. We enjoy soda pop, baseball and beating up old people just as much as anybody.

There are too many fawning entertainment shows out there and not one of them is making fun of it all.

I love smart comedy.

I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.

Why should I be feeling tension? It's The Daily Show.

I love Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart because they're bringing irony back into American humor, which is a delicious treat. The entire Colbert persona of being extreme right-wing when he's not at all is highly amusing. He does it so well, but sometimes a little too well. My wife is convinced he's completely that way.