Alex Hirsch

I remember as a kid being scared of the things that go bump in the night, but I was way more scared of adults.

Cliffhangers are a lot of fun, but I think they can be easily abused if you're not careful.

I think twins can sometimes be shoved into the same mold and they can start to feel like they're not being given a chance to develop their own identities.

I never doubted that if I applied myself and tried to learn that I would good at it. I've had a lot of lucky turns, no doubt. But it's actually been a fairly direct line from control-freak, cartoon-obsessed kindergartner to control-freak, cartoon-obsessed executive producer.

I've never pitched a joke that I wouldn't be comfortable seeing in a Pixar film.

A lot of the fun of 'Gravity Falls' comes from the secrecy surrounding the plot. We want fans to be able to guess and speculate, to be surprised by twists and be engaged when they get things right.

I remember spending one summer being utterly obsessed with trying to get the legendary unreachable 'Ice Key' from 'Banjo-Kazooie.'

I always thought, if I was gonna make a kids show, I would want to make something that my own 12-year-old self would love. So, I put all that in a blender and stewed it together to create 'Gravity Falls.'

I was raised in the '90s. I love 'Seinfeld.'

I love the idea that if you watch something twice, three times, four times, you'll continuously notice new things.

Yeah, my first love was 'The Simpsons,' but in terms of movies and stuff, I loved 'Back To The Future,' I loved 'Jurassic Park,' I loved 'The Truman Show.'

One day I'd love to release a coffee table book of all the crazy notes I got from Disney Channel's S&P and legal department.