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I basically drew my own family. My father's name is Homer. My mother's name is Margaret. I have a sister Lisa and another sister Maggie, so I drew all of them. I was going to name the main character Matt, but I didn't think it would go over well in a pitch meeting, so I changed the name to Bart.
— Matt Groening
Tags: father, character, mother, family

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You've got to embrace the future. You can whine about it, but you've got to embrace it.
— Matt Groening
Tags: about, embrace, future, you
I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'
— Matt Groening
Tags: way, research, look, myself
Me fail english? Thats unpossible.
— Matt Groening
Tags: english, fail, me
In 'Futurama,' the skin color is no longer yellow. They have actually evolved to cartoon skin tone. But they still have four fingers.
— Matt Groening
Tags: cartoon, color, skin, yellow
The thing about a cartoon is, you can do whatever you want. The tightrope that we are walking on 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama' is 'How do you continue to surprise the audience, but make them good surprises?' Not every surprise is good, but you want to continue jolting people.
— Matt Groening
Tags: walking, people, you, good
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