Mike Judge

“In the '90s, there was a lot of talk about 'Gen X' and 'slacker' culture. 'Beavis and Butt-Head' became the poster children for that.”

“There's something about the mundanity of suburban life that I find very funny.”

“That's my stapler.”

“I like telling stories about people who are overlooked.”

“I think everybody's got a little bit of a conspiracy theorist in them.”

“I don't know if 'Idiocracy' is a comedy or a documentary.”

“I have a degree in physics, which is not the most common degree for a cartoonist.”

“My goal is just to make something that I think is funny.”

“With 'Silicon Valley,' we're trying to make a show that's both funny and feels authentic to the world it's portraying.”

“I was a physics major. I never took an art class, and I'm a terrible drawer.”

“The lesson of 'Office Space' is that it's not about the money, it's about your own personal freedom.”