I like playing characters that, you know, a couple could go see the movie and one person could love him and one person could hate him.

I'm a lifelong Simpsons fanatic and I wanted to create my own animated show, one day.

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.

I'm too judgmental of other people putting themselves out there in any way, I guess.

I like playing characters that, you know, a couple could go see the movie and one person could love him and one person could hate him.

Every time you're directing a movie you're kind of building a temporary business. You're hiring all these heads of departments, and it definitely feels like I'm like a CEO of a very temporary company.

When I was growing up, my parents asked me what I wanted to do, and I said that I wanted to live in Springfield. They were like, "Well, that's not how it works. There is an actor who play Homer, and someone who writes what Homer says." So, I was like, "Well, I want to write what Homer says."