Harry Shearer

“I never wanted to do a regular sitcom, because I'd be incredibly bored doing the same character week in, week out. But the beauty of 'The Simpsons' is that it's 15, 16, 17 characters. It's the variety that keeps it interesting. And hey, they're all my children.”

“Well I directed a few feature length things for HBO in the late eighties.”

“I think I've ascended to the point after a lot of years where I'm kind of OK on bass.”

“The right-wingness of Fox is basically the news channel. I don't think the broadcast network has any politics at all. It's sub-political at best.”