Matt Stone quotes

Matt Stone is an American producer, animator, actor, and writer, best known as the co-creator of the animated television series "South Park." His work is celebrated for its sharp satire and cultural impact. He has received multiple awards for his contributions to television and film. Here are 25 of his quotes:

Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good? (Matt Stone)
Once you get yourselves into things that are working on a deeper level, you just have to keep going. When you reach that deeper level, you can't go back. View quote
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We're kind of like the smoking section in high school. We're immature, keep to ourselves. View quote
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There's something uniquely aggravating about the smugness of liberal Hollywood. View quote
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Even celebrities, most people have a sense of humor. Most of the people we meet who we've done on the show, like it. View quote
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It's the business of movies, it's the fights that go along with the level of budget, and more than anything, it's the creative constipation of having to live with one idea for two or three years. It's just not that fun. View quote
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Sometimes I wish I could get fired. View quote
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I would never want the show to be a Democrat show or Republican show, because for us the show's more important than that. It isn't for everybody else in the world, but it is for us. View quote
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I'm concerned about people being happy. View quote
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The pride of the hipster food movement is sort of annoying, but it fascinates me. View quote
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I just get my news from the Internet. (Matt Stone)
I'm a producer... I am a Hollywood producer. That is so weird. And it's not lame. But it's just like, how did that happen? View quote
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And there's a visceral fun in watching Team America and making it, like taking a puppet and throwing it against the wall. Because it's not CG, there's something funny about it. View quote
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There are good characters and bad characters. View quote
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In our show, there's usually a comeuppance. Or, if not, it's an anti-ending. And you're supposed to get that. View quote
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I would vote for a Mormon. View quote
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We are entertainers. We're trying to entertain people. View quote
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So a lot of our shows where even we think we've taken a very deliberate stand, liberals say, 'That's awesome, you took on the conservatives' same show and conservatives say 'That's awesome, you took on liberals.' View quote
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With religion I was always like, 'Does it matter if it's true if it makes you happy?' View quote
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I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist. View quote
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I've been to China and Russia, and I don't know anything about Chinese or Soviet relations. (Matt Stone)
The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And then you can make people think about stuff. It's kind of like shock therapy. View quote
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That decision to commit your life to certain principles and a certain narrative, if I wrote a paper on that, I know I'd find inconsistencies. View quote
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We've been around long enough and have been to enough award shows to know that it is easy to lose to Phil Collins at any time. View quote
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I went to a couple Academy Awards parties and I was definitely like, 'Whoa, no one will talk to me.' View quote
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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Producer
Born: May 26, 1971
Quotes count: 25