• Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.1 · 59 votes · 26 reads

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• As a young pianist in Hollywood, I began orchestrating for others, and I just felt really comfortable doing that.

  

  John Williams

  MusicianAmerican1932 · 20th century

  4.2 · 21 votes · 128 reads

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• Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid at the time. I had this idea of an angry father yelling 'Bart,' and Bart sounds kind of like bark - like a barking dog.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.2 · 20 votes · 72 reads

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• Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.5 · 34 votes · 142 reads

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• Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  5.0 · 8 votes · 125 reads

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• Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.

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  Ennio Morricone

  MusicianItalian1928 · 20th century

  3.8 · 24 votes · 102 reads

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• Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.1 · 60 votes · 167 reads

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• Comedy is acting out optimism.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  4.7 · 25 votes · 95 reads

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• Disneyland is a show.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  5.0 · 55 votes · 14 reads

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• Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  3.8 · 29 votes · 49 reads

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• Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  3.7 · 61 votes · 53 reads

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• Don't have a cow, man.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.7 · 8 votes · 108 reads

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• Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.2 · 33 votes · 12 reads

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• Eat my shorts!

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.9 · 21 votes · 6 reads

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• Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.5 · 35 votes · 112 reads

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• Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are.

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  Richard Bach

  WriterAmerican1936 · 20th century

  3.5 · 6 votes · 54 reads

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• For me, comedy starts as a spew, a kind of explosion, and then you sculpt it from there, if at all. It comes out of a deeper, darker side. Maybe it comes from anger, because I'm outraged by cruel absurdities, the hypocrisy that exists everywhere, even wit

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  3.1 · 55 votes · 18 reads

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• For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

  

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Film directorBritish1899 · 19th century

  3.4 · 28 votes · 60 reads

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• I always say that 'Futurama' is real, and 'The Simpsons' is fiction.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.5 · 27 votes · 5 reads

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• I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  3.2 · 57 votes · 106 reads

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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 pitc

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.5 · 25 votes · 84 reads

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• I believe in being an innovator.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.7 · 27 votes · 50 reads

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• I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

  

  Rowan Atkinson

  ComedianEnglish1956 · 20th century

  4.6 · 6 votes · 158 reads

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• I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.6 · 46 votes · 198 reads

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• I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I will do it again.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.7 · 37 votes · 37 reads

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• I draw a weekly comic strip called Life in Hell, which is syndicated in about 250 newspapers. That's what I did before The Simpsons, and what I plan to do for the rest of my life.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.3 · 22 votes · 157 reads

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• 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

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.8 · 44 votes · 77 reads

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• I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.

  

  Rowan Atkinson

  ComedianEnglish1956 · 20th century

  4.6 · 17 votes · 170 reads

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• I have an idea for a movie called 'The Walken Dead' which is about a town where, instead of zombies, everyone becomes Chris Walken.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  3.2 · 26 votes · 30 reads

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• I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to keep the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.6 · 24 votes · 178 reads

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• I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  3.0 · 33 votes · 46 reads

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• I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.

  

  Elvis Presley

  MusicianAmerican1935 · 20th century

  3.0 · 57 votes · 108 reads

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• I know for a fact, obviously, because my kids grew up watching the show, that there are some things they are introduced to from 'The Simpsons', and then later in life they see the thing we're parodying. My kids had not seen 'Casablanca,' and we'd done par

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.4 · 52 votes · 50 reads

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• I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.4 · 12 votes · 193 reads

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• I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.7 · 9 votes · 9 reads

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• I love the idea that we put in jokes the kids don't get. And that later, when they grow up and read a few books and go to college and watch the show again, they can get it on a completely different level.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.9 · 42 votes · 84 reads

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• I may be biting off more than I can chew, but with 'The Simpsons' and with 'Futurama,' what I'm trying to do in the guise of light entertainment, if this is possible - is nudge people, jostle them a little, wake them up to some of the ways in which we're

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  5.0 · 59 votes · 47 reads

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• I started doing comedy because that was the only stage that I could find. It was the pure idea of being on stage. That was the only thing that interested me, along with learning the craft and working, and just being in productions with people.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  3.3 · 61 votes · 93 reads

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• I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  3.0 · 42 votes · 124 reads

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• I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a movie that people treated as more than a movie.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  4.2 · 9 votes · 179 reads

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• I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons' is taking jokes from 'Family Guy.' And I can tell you, that ain't the case.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.1 · 5 votes · 174 reads

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• I think in daily newspapers, the way comic strips are treated, it's as if newspaper publishers are going out of their way to kill the medium.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.8 · 23 votes · 0 reads

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• I think of myself as a film composer.

  

  John Williams

  MusicianAmerican1932 · 20th century

  3.4 · 50 votes · 142 reads

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• I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.2 · 26 votes · 183 reads

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• I think when 'The Simpsons' first came on, there was an uproar. People got used to it. They realized the show's really funny, it's got a heart, so I think it's pretty safe.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.4 · 27 votes · 160 reads

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• I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  3.2 · 15 votes · 29 reads

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• I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.4 · 55 votes · 150 reads

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• I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood.

  

  John Williams

  MusicianAmerican1932 · 20th century

  3.8 · 47 votes · 86 reads

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• I went through a phase where people would introduce me at parties as a cartoonist, and everybody felt sorry for me. 'Oh, Matt's a cartoonist.' Then people further feeling sorry for me would ask me to draw Garfield. Because I'm a cartoonist, draw Snoopy or

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.7 · 22 votes · 27 reads

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• I went to Bali, and I was in a small village, and somebody who was with me showed a woman a little figurine of Bart and asked: 'Do you know who this is?' And she said: 'Mickey Mouse.'

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.9 · 17 votes · 129 reads

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• I'm a Writerwho just happens to draw.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.2 · 48 votes · 72 reads

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• I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

  

  Rowan Atkinson

  ComedianEnglish1956 · 20th century

  4.6 · 43 votes · 171 reads

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• I'm much more open to being a supporting actor right now. At the age of 60, I'll be second fiddle. Fine. I'm happy to do it.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  3.5 · 17 votes · 111 reads

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• I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.7 · 13 votes · 101 reads

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• 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

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.4 · 18 votes · 75 reads

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• In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret.

  

  Stendhal

  NovelistFrench1783 · 18th century

  4.6 · 20 votes · 158 reads

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• In the process of looking for comedy, you have to be deeply honest. And in doing that, you'll find out here's the other side. You'll be looking under the rock occasionally for the laughter.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  3.5 · 32 votes · 31 reads

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• It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  5.0 · 63 votes · 130 reads

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• It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.7 · 48 votes · 134 reads

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• It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.0 · 56 votes · 159 reads

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• It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character.

  

  Rowan Atkinson

  ComedianEnglish1956 · 20th century

  3.1 · 55 votes · 189 reads

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• Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.

  

  Elvis Presley

  MusicianAmerican1935 · 20th century

  4.5 · 48 votes · 139 reads

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• Me fail english? Thats unpossible.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.0 · 64 votes · 162 reads

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• Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.3 · 52 votes · 116 reads

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• Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  5.0 · 6 votes · 43 reads

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• Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.4 · 14 votes · 73 reads

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• Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.7 · 23 votes · 110 reads

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• My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.

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  Richard Bach

  WriterAmerican1936 · 20th century

  4.7 · 31 votes · 138 reads

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• My standard comment is, 'If you don't want your kids to be like Bart Simpson, don't act like Homer Simpson.'

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.9 · 6 votes · 131 reads

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• Nihilism in American comedy came along way before 'The Simpsons.' There was a fairly nihilistic point of view to 'Saturday Night Live,' for instance, back in the beginning, and a lot of really dark comedy had a really anti-sentimental take on life.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.8 · 42 votes · 20 reads

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• Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.0 · 47 votes · 95 reads

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• Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.0 · 14 votes · 150 reads

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• On 'The Simpsons,' I will say that we definitely like to comment on what's going on in the world, and we try to be funny. If we can figure out a way of being funny about it, then we've gone part of the way of accomplishing our task.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  3.8 · 17 votes · 185 reads

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• One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.7 · 32 votes · 195 reads

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• Our solution on 'The Simpsons' is to do jokes that people who have an education, or some frame of reference, can get. And for the ones who don't, it doesn't matter, because we have Homer banging his head and saying, 'D'oh!'

  

  Matt Groening

  CartoonistAmerican1954 · 20th century

  4.5 · 7 votes · 152 reads

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• People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.

  

  Mark Zuckerberg

  BusinessmanAmerican1984 · 20th century

  3.0 · 8 votes · 150 reads

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• People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look so strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like watchin

  

  Andy Warhol

  PainterAmerican1928 · 20th century

  4.5 · 19 votes · 112 reads

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• People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.

  

  Walt Disney

  CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

  4.6 · 25 votes · 24 reads

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• Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  3.6 · 26 votes · 170 reads

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• Reality: What a concept!

  

  Robin Williams

  ComedianAmerican1952 · 20th century

  4.9 · 57 votes · 20 reads

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