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
graduation love
I love graduation speeches. I have always loved them; I will always love them.
collection until
I had always wanted to do a collection of cartoons, but you have to wait until someone is actually interested.
telephone
I go through my day remembering things like telephone cords.
I can't get enough of self-help books of all kinds.
kid
I always doodled as a kid while I was talking on the phone or watching TV.
life movies sure
I actually thought, like, I was sure 'Get Smart' and, like, 'James Bond' movies, I was sure that that's what real life was like.
graduation
Graduation speeches force you to reflect. They are about consciousness. Nothing is better than consciousness.
issues
Actually, I think that 'Seinfeld' tackles the same kinds of issues as 'Six Feet Under,' just in a different way.
anyone life
It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?'
access hard remember
As an adult, it's hard for me to remember my mother before her sickness. But if I go back into childhood, I can access that.
begging cartoon life line separate television
My cartoon life is in my office, and it's very separate and getting very in my own head. My television life is I'm begging one of the actors to say the line in the way I'd like them to.
shows tv
When I was a kid, I would be watching TV shows like, you know, like 'Get Smart' and be like, 'That's what being an adult is.'
cartoons
Traditionally, the only way I come up with cartoons is by sitting at my desk and thinking.
cartooning particular seen
In many ways, cartooning is my therapy. I've always said they're like my diaries. It's thoughts and feelings and things I've seen on any particular day.