I just think everyone knows you go on those [political satire] shows if you're a politician to, "humanize yourself" - to show, "Hey, I can take a joke." Well, why should satire be in the service of humanizing these people who are supposed to be the target of our venom and vitriol? I think that's unseemly.
Harry Shearer[C. Montgomery] Burns is much purer evil than Nixon was. I think it's the purity of his evil that attracts me as a comic character.
Harry ShearerYou can get an awful lot of effects into the customer's mind for a great deal less time and money in radio than you can in television.
Harry ShearerPrivilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.
Harry Shearer