Dan Castellaneta

There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do. ”

Don't eat me. I have a wife and kids. Eat them. ”

It's a different way of getting across an emotion. You're trying to get it across to the animator because the animator is inspired by the voicetrack in terms of how to animate the character. ”

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. ”

I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has. ”

After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that. ”

It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor. ”

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. ”

Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves. ”

It's the cushiest job, but some lines are so funny that I crack up. ”