Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta
Daniel Louis "Dan" Castellanetais an American actor, voice actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter. Noted for his long-running role as Homer Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, he voices many other characters on the show, including Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth29 October 1957
CityOak Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.
You think I don't want to? It's those TV networks, Marge: they won't let me. One quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves, but they won't! They won't let me live!
Oh, so they have internet on computers now!
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
Oh no! What have I done? I smashed open my little boy's piggy bank, and for what? A few measly cents, not even enough to buy one beer. Wait a minute, lemme count and make sure... not even close.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.
Where is Bart, anyway? His dinner is getting all cold and eaten
Yes, honey...Just squeeze your rage up into a bitter little ball and release it at an appropriate time, like that day I hit the referee with the whiskey bottle.
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
I've made a kind of pact with myself where I said, It doesn't matter what it is as long as I'm acting.
The nice thing is that, at least in Los Angeles, I'm known as a character actor and I do auditions for other things besides just cartoon shows
After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.
Oh, everything's too damned expensive these days. This Bible cost 15 bucks! And talk about a preachy book! Everybody's a sinner! Except this guy.
There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do