Craig McCracken Quotes

I wrote for 'King of the Hill' for three seasons.

Maybe I'll just become a cartoon character because there's nothing left for me to do in an R-rated comedy.

I think we had made 160 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons.

I watching this Disney documentary, and I'm not Disney, but I was thinking about Mickey Mouse and he became an icon. Walt moved onto other things but he made him exist. I was thinking, 'Wow, is 'Samurai Jack' my 'Mickey Mouse?' Am I stupid to stop working on it?'

I've done the voice for the Hulk for the animated cartoon.

I wrote on a show called Johnny Bravo when I was at Hanna-Barbera.

I was a big Fred Flintstone fan.

Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here.

I am like a cartoon strip; I am like Donald Duck; everybody knows me in Italy.

I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I grew up.

My very first real job in the industry was as a production assistant on a show called 'Infinity Factory' in 1976.

I met Mike Judge when I was working on my own cartoon for MTV; it did not air. But I got on with Mike and then did a few voices on 'Beavis and Butt-Head' because of it.

There was a guy that I got to know pretty well - Joe Grant. He was one of the creators of Dumbo and worked side-by-side with Disney. Being a total Disney nerd, I was obsessed with asking him questions. He was 92 when I got to know him.

When 'Family Guy' came along, it was like a gift, and it expanded my fan base.

I love Adult Swim. They give you so much artistic freedom.

When I first started working at Disney animation, I can't tell you how many people said to me, 'Oh, man, take a powder.' Nobody takes animated musicals seriously. I swear.

I was a top-notch cartoon model for Hanna Barbera, and they made me into a cartoon series called 'Devlin,' which ran for seven years, and I was on lunch pails and coloring books and all of that. It's really interesting being a coloring book when you're young - most kids colored in coloring books, but I made money off coloring books.

I can speak to my experience and say that CalArts worked out very well for me. After CalArts, I went to Cartoon Network, and then came to Disney.

Mickey Mouse did not stay the little squeaky guy in 'Steamboat Willie.' He went on to have many different versions.

Not a lot of people get to say, 'I'm a cartoon character.'

I wrote on a show called Johnny Bravo when I was at Hanna-Barbera and he guest-starred as himself.

I would love to work with Pendleton Ward who created 'Adventure Time,' and I'm dying to work with Ryan Murphy. I'm obsessed with 'American Horror Story' and everything he does.

I saw one of the old 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons the other day. I hadn't seen it for 30 years and I didn't remember it. We made 160 of them! I thought it was a very funny cartoon.

I definitely want to branch into television and mainstream.

Walt Disney grew up in Marceline, but almost every child has grown up with his beloved characters.