There are a lot of different ways you can find out somebody does n’t want to do the show anymore, and it’s not fun to work with someone who does n’t want to be there, [ especially when ] they’re one of the main people and you’ve got however many crewmembers and extras and people who are [ not paid as well ] and they’re all showing up before 7 a.m., and then are just like, ‘ Oh, OK, we’re not shooting today. ’.

Mike Judge

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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.

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I often feel that my life, much like my shows, will end on a clif... by Mike Judge

I often feel that my life, much like my shows, will end on a cliffhanger.

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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.

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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.

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I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I thin... by Mike Judge

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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There was a time when cell animation was poison, but after Family... by Mike Judge

There was a time when cell animation was poison, but after Family Guy now everyone wants it.

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I'm sorry I can't get into Scooby Doo on any level. by Mike Judge

I'm sorry I can't get into Scooby Doo on any level.

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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.

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I don't think any movie I would do would be too serious or seriou... by Mike Judge

I don't think any movie I would do would be too serious or serious at all.

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It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it'... by Mike Judge

It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it's not for me to decide.

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.

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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.

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