The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people. Dan Castellaneta cartoondarkdecent share on social
I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do. Dan Castellaneta homerpeoplething Change image and share on social
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. Dan Castellaneta animatorimproviseinspire Change image and share on social
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. Dan Castellaneta animateanimatorcharacter Change image and share on social
One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair. Dan Castellaneta changeepisodefavorite share on social
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. Dan Castellaneta badfeelgood Change image and share on social
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. Dan Castellaneta actorangelesaudition Change image and share on social
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics! Dan Castellaneta houselawobey Change image and share on social
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution. Dan Castellaneta beersolutiontemporary Change image and share on social
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. Dan Castellaneta changehardlong Change image and share on social
