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
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
It's the weirdest thing. When you go into acting, you expect to be a huge star and to be recognized... It did happen, but not in the way you expect it to... In L.A., I'm just another character actor
Operator! Give me the number for 911!
The Simpsons take up so little time that I'm able to do other things as well
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
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.
Beer. Now there's a temporary solution.
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.
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
After years of doing impressions, its time for a change.
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such.
It is better to watch things then to do them.