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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:

Sean Penn's really the only one stupid enough to put anything down on paper. (Trey Parker)
You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth is we're just wholesome middle-American guys. We enjoy soda pop, baseball and beating up old people just as much as anybody. View quote
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If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't. View quote
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I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids. View quote
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Living is having ups and downs and sharing them with friends. View quote
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I just realized that there's going to be a lot of painful times in life, so I better learn to deal with it the right way. View quote
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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. View quote
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Any job is a job. If you have to be doing something, then you're probably not enjoying it. View quote
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My fear is that, as soon as I get married and have kids that I'll kind of do what a lot of people do and suddenly start making, 'Now I'm gonna make films for kids.' I really hope I don't do that. View quote
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We made this really dumb decision to put on the cover nothing from South Park but just a real life photo of a piece of pooh dressed up like Mr. Hankey, and a lot of people didn't, they didn't even know what it was. View quote
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Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption. (Trey Parker)
I can feel myself dying inside. View quote
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A lot of people don't realize this, but probably the one person that gets made fun of in 'South Park' more than anybody is my dad. Stan's father, Randy - my dad's name is Randy - that's my drawing of my dad; that's me doing my dad's voice. That is just my dad. Even Stan's last name, Marsh, was my dad's stepfather's name. View quote
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Even from the very beginning, I didn't put any money in the stock market. View quote
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When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything. View quote
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Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike. View quote
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I have no desire to ever talk to Sean Penn. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was exactly the same on the South Park movie really too. There's lots of violence in that too, but it always came down to anything sexual... They don't care about anything else. View quote
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My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut. View quote
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Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas. (Trey Parker)
I find Mormons adorable. View quote
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I bought a house for my mom, I bought a house for my dad, I bought a house for my sister. View quote
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I was always a very happy, optimistic person. View quote
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We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about a town. View quote
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Trey Parker - Image
Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Artist
Born: October 19, 1969
Quotes count: 66