The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That’s one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it’s really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
The Simpsons take up so little time that I’m able to do other things as well. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he’s just much misguided. He’s boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
I think that most people don’t even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
The voice doesn’t take a lot of effort now, but in the beginning it was hard to try to find a voice. The one I settled on was just easier to do for a half-hour. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
I’ve made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn’t matter what it is as long as I’m acting. Dan Castellaneta Read Quote
