Trey Parker quotes

Trey Parker is an American artist, writer, director, and producer, best known as the co-creator of the animated series South Park. His work often satirizes politics, pop culture, and current events. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to television and theater. Here are 66 of his quotes:

Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything. It's the time we spent together that matters, not how we left it. (Trey Parker)
Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable. View quote
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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. View quote
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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, and it's all going to collapse on itself, and we're all just here, just 'cuz. Just 'cuz.' That to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever. View quote
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We're the guys who, if someone says you really shouldn't do an episode making fun of Scientologists, we say, 'Whatever.' Someone says, 'They might come try to burn your house down,' we say, 'We'll just get another one.' View quote
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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.' View quote
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The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican. View quote
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So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of "The Most Offensive Song Ever" with lyrics intact. View quote
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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. View quote
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Jerry Bruckheimer creates comedy, he just doesn't realize because he's a turd. View quote
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Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat hanger while I was still in womb? (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I spend shockingly little time thinking about real-world stuff. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want. View quote
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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.' View quote
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You know, and it really doesn't have a lot to do with the movie. That's the trick to doing a good musical is that, if you take that music number out, there's less to the movie there. You would miss it. (Trey Parker)
It's this simple law, which every writer knows, of taking two opposites and putting them in a room together. I love anything with Cartman and Butters at the same time, it's great. View quote
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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. View quote
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What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material. View quote
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I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid. View quote
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Trey Parker

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Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Artist
Born: October 19, 1969
Quotes count: 66