It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it's not for me to decide. Mike Judge More Quotes by Mike Judge More Quotes From Mike Judge It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live. Mike Judge charactermeanthinking I often feel that my life, much like my shows, will end on a cliffhanger. Mike Judge endsshowsfeels Who is Mike Judge? Let me think. The only way I could possibly answer that question would be in a nonverbal fashion. I think I could do an interpretive dance that would answer that question for you. Mike Judge fashiondancethinking When I worked in those offices, it was just irritating to me that somebody sat there and designed this place, never thinking that you would walk from here to there, and they didn't care. The one guy designs it, gives it to the other guy, he looks at it; no one thinks about all the people that gotta walk through it. So I think the best way to show those banal moments is to be just flat and wide. Mike Judge officegivingthinking I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic. Mike Judge optimisticrealthinking I've seen a lot of pairs of guys that have been hanging out together way too long-until they're laughing all the time. Mike Judge guylaughinglong They say it figures MTV would do such a vulgar, awful, horrible show and they completely miss that it's satirizing the people who watch MTV. Mike Judge mtvmissingpeople Sometimes I go to a test screening and look at the audience in line, and I start to go, "Okay, I bet this is going to work, and this isn't going to work." It's weird, but just going and facing the music and putting it out before a crowd, even before it starts playing, that exercise of putting it up on a screen for people makes you realize things even before it starts rolling. It's really weird. I've heard other people say that, too. Mike Judge realizingexercisepeople When you work for other people you'll find ... that they do know what's best for them, and for the company. And you should listen to them and be respectful, but they don't know what's best for you. Mike Judge funny-graduationrespectfulpeople Yeah, sometimes it gets a little sappy for me, but I'm tired of hearing about dysfunctional families in sitcoms. That's been done to death, and that's probably what everybody expected from me. But that's not what I wanted to do. Mike Judge tireddonelittles One thing I always heard from the begining when I talked about this being a movie - was that the rule is that animated movies don't work unless they're Disney movies for kids. Unless they're family movies. Mike Judge animatedheardkids You look at material a different way when your ass is on the line financially for it. You want to know where the big laughs are, and how we're going to sell this. Mike Judge assdifferentlaughing They don't make you pay for the humor. It's up and down, but they're trying to give you as many laughs as possible in 2 minutes. They are the most honest comedians ever. Mike Judge humorgivinglaughing There was a time when cell animation was poison, but after Family Guy now everyone wants it. Mike Judge family-guycellspoison I'm sorry I can't get into Scooby Doo on any level. Mike Judge scooby-doolevelssorry When you make movies, you've picked the most expensive art form, and somebody has to pay for it. You kind of owe it to them to at least let them know how you expect to make it as accessible to as many people as you can, given the story you're telling. Mike Judge kindpeopleart I don't think any movie I would do would be too serious or serious at all. Mike Judge seriouswould-bethinking It was really weird, when this thing started, to hear lawyers and MTV people calling me and actually saying 'ButtHead.' People tried to avoid it too. Mike Judge mtvcallingpeople It kind of hit me at some point during the process that most people in the film business - not just the executives, the people who make them, too - tend to come from pretty upper-class backgrounds. If they go work a job, it's to have that experience, that sort of thing. After they graduate college, they have time to go visit Europe and take some time off and get their heads together. That kind of thing, I sure didn't have. Mike Judge collegetogetherpeople All the Disney lead male characters always have this kind of John Davidson kind of look to them. They all look like the same guy, and all the females look like the same, and I think the guys are just way too big. Mike Judge guycharacterthinking
