Eric Kaplan
Eric Kaplan
Eric Kaplanis an American television writer, producer, and story editor. His work has included shows such as Late Show with David Letterman, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Malcolm in the Middle, Futurama and The Simpsons. He currently works on The Big Bang Theory...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth10 September 1971
dolls pull
We are all just little dolls of ourselves. Who occasionally pull back the curtains to reveal the real us.
cartoons
Traditionally, the only way I come up with cartoons is by sitting at my desk and thinking.
online people
Sometimes I'll be reading something online and just get so frustrated because of what people are saying.
angeles los york
Shooting in Los Angeles is always pleasant and comfortable. Shooting in New York is like being on 'Survivor.'
southern yorker
One identity is as a television writer, which is very classically Southern California, but another of my personae is as a New Yorker cartoonist.
wisdom
No, I never - no one ever - I never learned anything when I was a kid. Honestly, my parents had nothing to tell me - like, no wisdom, nothing.
My father would often start to say something, then say 'Forget it.'
It's self-soothing for me to draw. So if I'm upset, drawing makes me less upset.
characters giving hear opposed television
In television writing, you want to hear what the characters say as opposed to giving them something to say. It's the same with the cartoons.
In New York, all the crews read 'The New Yorker.' In Los Angeles, they don't know from 'The New Yorker.'
sat
I've sat through boring speeches; didn't get up and leave.
I've had to whine for everything I've ever really wanted.
I'm continually working on myself. Nothing ever actually works.
form trying
I was trying to be a writer, and I was kind of getting sidetracked, so I started doing cartoons as a form of expression.