Bruce Eric Kaplan

Shooting in Los Angeles is always pleasant and comfortable. Shooting in New York is like being on 'Survivor.' ”

Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness. ”

When I was a kid, I would be watching TV shows like, you know, like 'Get Smart' and be like, 'That's what being an adult is.' ”

In many ways, cartooning is my therapy. I've always said they're like my diaries. It's thoughts and feelings and things I've seen on any particular day. ”

Of course I loved 'I Love Lucy' and saw every episode over and over again. I found it heartbreaking that Ricky got to be famous and have an exciting life at the Tropicana while Lucy was stuck in that terrible apartment with the Mertzes. ”

I read the 'New Yorker' when I was a kid. I used to love the cartoons and pick the cartoons out of the library, so I felt I knew the world of their cartoons. ”

I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them. ”

I loved Charles Addams more than anything. Still love him. ”

I actually thought, like, I was sure 'Get Smart' and, like, 'James Bond' movies, I was sure that that's what real life was like. ”

It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?' ”