Trey Parker
Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker IIIis an American actor, animator, writer, director, producer, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for being the co-creator of South Parkalong with his creative partner Matt Stone, as well as co-writing and co-directing the Tony Award-winning musical The Book of Mormon. Parker was interested in film and music as a child, and attended the University of Colorado, Boulder following high school, where he met Stone. The two collaborated on various short films, and starred in...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth19 October 1969
CityConifer, CO
CountryUnited States of America
No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, 'Well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some time with music.'
Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.
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.
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.
Living is having ups and downs and sharing them with friends.
The Republicans didn't want the government to run your life, because Jesus should. That was really part of their thing: less government, more Jesus. Now it's like, how about more government and Jesus?
I love life...Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like...It makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness.
My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there.
I can feel myself dying inside.
I was always a very happy, optimistic person.
I grew up with the religion of 'Star Wars,' frankly. That's when I realized there is something bigger out there... and it's called The Force.
I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them.
If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'
Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable.