“The truth is, marijuana probably isn't going to make you kill people. Most likely isn't going to fund terrorists, but pot makes you feel fine with being bored and it's when you're bored that you should be learning a new skill or some new science or being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you're not good at anything.” PeopleIfsFeelsShouldMayGrowsCreativeGrowing UpFineTruth IsSkillsTerroristSmokeBoredFundPotMarijuanaBe CreativeBeing BoredNew Skills Author:Trey Parker
“When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano and you kinda just write it. And then of course later there's some dinking around with it and changing some stuff. But there's this thing that happens when the song first comes out, that sort of magic when it first comes out of the ether, and you can't even really explain where it comes from. That happens so much with music, and people understand that with music. But I really think that a lot of movie and TV should be the same way.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldWritingFirstsKindIdeasHappensSongCoursesStuffMagicTvsDown AndPiano Author:Trey Parker
“My fear is that, as soon as I get married and have kids that I'll kind of do what a lot of people do and suddenly start making, 'Now I'm gonna make films for kids.' I really hope I don't do that.” PeopleKindKidsFilmMarried Author:Trey Parker
“People have a lot of different beliefs, and at the end of the day, we all have deeply held beliefs that probably don't make sense to anyone else.” PeopleDifferentEndsBeliefMake SenseThe End Of The DayAnd At The End Of The DayDifferent Beliefs Author:Trey Parker
“We created a brand for ourselves, so that now people can't get mad at what we do, because then they're just making of themselves.” PeopleMadnessMadBrands Author:Trey Parker
“Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenViewsSmartHollywoodIdiot Author:Trey Parker
“We find just as many things to rip on the left as we do on the right. People on the far-left and the far-right are the same exact person to us.” PeoplePersonsLeftRip Author:Trey Parker
“It's not like we have a formula, but I think one of the reasons this show has survived is that it has a big heart at its center. Other cartoon shows have people crap on each other and make racist jokes. But I don't think people tune in for that. I just don't think a show lasts for 10 years without a heart.” PeopleThinkingYearsHeartReasonShowsBigsLastsJokesTunesRacistFormulasCrapSurvivedCartoonBig HeartCartoon ShowsRacist Jokes Author:Trey Parker
“There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.” PeopleFactsTvsTopicsSatirist Author:Trey Parker
“My first serious girlfriend, when I was 16, was Mormon. I went to her house for 'family home evening,' and I was like, 'Why aren't you people ignoring each other and watching television?'” PeopleFirstsHomeHouseTelevisionSeriousEveningGirlfriendWatching TelevisionFamily HomeFunny Girlfriend Author:Trey Parker
“There's a lot of people who, a cigarette is about the only vacation they have.” PeopleSmokingVacationCigaretteSmoking CigarettesFunny SmokingCigarette Smoke Author:Trey Parker
“I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.” PeopleThinkingKnowsHomeFightingRealizingFamilyBrotherLuckySiblingLarge FamilySiblings BrothersRakhi Author:Trey Parker
“Before the church responded, a lot of people would ask us, 'Are you afraid of what the church would say?' And Trey and I were like, 'They're going to be cool.' And they were like, 'No, they're not. There are going to be protests.' And we were like, 'Nope, they're going to be cool.' We weren't that surprised by the church's response. We had faith in them.” PeopleAsksChurchResponseProtestBeing Cool Author:Trey Parker
“You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth is we're just wholesome middle-American guys. We enjoy soda pop, baseball and beating up old people just as much as anybody” PeopleThinkingKnowsGuyOrderStarsEnjoyCrazyMiddleRocksTruth IsBaseballSouthPopsParksRock And RollOld PeopleSodaAmerican GuysSoda Pop Author:Trey Parker
“In terms of the creative side of it, it's really been a thing where you come up with the funny stuff is usually at a bar or out talking to people or whatever.” PeopleFunnyStuffSidesTermTalkingCreativityCreativeCome UpBarsWhere You ComeFunny Stuff Author:Trey Parker
“When someone goes, 'Oh, this group is really pissed off at what you said,' there's not a piece of my body that goes, 'Sweet!' That means I did it wrong. I'm just trying to make people laugh.” PeopleTryingMeanSaidBodyLaughingPiecesGroupsSweetMaking People LaughPissed Off Author:Trey Parker
