The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well.

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.

The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows.

There is no strong beer, just weak men

Beer. Now there's a temporary solution!

It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself.

Operator! Give me the number for 911!