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
We're not ashamed of our bodies, ... This event is the most important thing in the world.
The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.
I was like, 'We're going to get nominated for an Academy Award for this.' I really was, ... I even told him.
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.
I find Mormons adorable. I love Disneyland and old musicals, and, to me, Mormonism fits right in with all of that.
I see Santa Claus and Joseph Smith and Luke Skywalker as the same person.
It's been a fascinating thing because we didn't really know how to write when we started South Park at all. It's been like, we've just sort of grown up a bit and it's amazing to just see how, if you take Butters and Cartman and put them in any scene, it works.
Basically ... out of all the ridiculous religion stories which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah ... there's this big giant universe and it's expanding, it's all gonna collapse on itself and we're all just here just 'cause ... just 'cause'. That, to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever.
All the religions are super funny to me.
There's a lot of people who, a cigarette is about the only vacation they have.
I just realized that there are going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with them in the right way.
I've never met a Mormon I didn't like. They're really nice people. They're so Disney. They're so Rodgers and Hammerstein.