Mike Judge's Quotes

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.

One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York.

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.

They're free because they don't know any, better. So they can just run around and do whatever, and do whatever, and most of the time they don't get caught.

When I was a kid it was like, who could be the coolest? Who could do the stupidest thing? And you knew it was a stupid thing to do, but you would do it just so you could be the coolest guy. And then you end up doing really cruel crap.

When the show started out, it was like all of a sudden we had to do 35 episodes and we had just a month and a half to write them, and it took me a while to realize that I was in charge.

Why should every single character be an honor student who goes around helping others and never doing anything wrong? Is that like the rule or something?

You know, at that age you want to show everyone else how wild you are. It's a combination of being bored, looking for a cheap thrill and being really stupid - a dangerous combination.

In order to have a plot, you have to have a conflict, something bad has to happen.

Stealing, you'll go far in life. Actually, there is something funny about getting away with it.

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.

I almost didn't name Butt-Head 'Butt-Head.' I came real close to calling him something else.

I didn't think I would make this much money.

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

I like the Stooges. You know what movie I saw that I sort of discovered late was Jerry Lewis in 'The Nutty Professor'. I really liked that.

I think at the point when they were first starting to talk about a movie, it was a little bit different back then.

I think I do too many voices in these shows. I think it's because we have trouble getting voice talent.

I've got a huge, gigantic deal. We're talking about huge deals.

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.

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.

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

People say that the Beavis voice doesn't sound like me or some other voices. Butt-Head I think sounds like me.

She defaced my fly. And I've never been the same since.

Susie Lynn, the producer of those segments, goes in and lays all the voices over the video.

Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis.

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.