Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series)

The Simpsons (2003)

Nancy Cartwright: Self

Quotes 

• James Lipton - Host : [talking to Nancy doing Bart]  You seem to like calling Moe's Tavern.

  [Nancy smirks at Hank] 

  James Lipton - Host : Do you recall any of the more popular names that you and Lisa have used in those phone calls?

  Hank Azaria : [as Moe]  Wait a minute, that was you?

  [audience laughter] 

  Nancy Cartwright : I'll just give him a call. Hello? Ring a ding ding.

  Hank Azaria : Yeah, Moe's Tavern. What?

  Nancy Cartwright : Yeah, I'm looking for a fellow. Last name "Sexual," first name "Homer."

  Hank Azaria : Hold on, I'll check. Uh, is there a Homer Sexual here?

  [audience laughter] 

  Hank Azaria : Hey, what? Oh, that little...

  James Lipton - Host : [laughing]  You never fail at that, do you, Bart?

  Nancy Cartwright : Wait a second, hold on. Redial. Hello? Ring a ding ding.

  Hank Azaria : [improvising wildly]  Yes, Moe's Tavern, home of the world's smallest large screen TV.

  [audience laughter] 

• James Lipton - Host : As a Simpson character on one wonderful, brief occasion, I am proud of my cartoon ethnicity. Can someone tell me how the Simpsons characters became yellow?

  Yeardley Smith : I can.

  James Lipton - Host : Please.

  Yeardley Smith : Matt apparently thought it would be really funny if, when people watch "The Simpsons", they thought maybe the color on their TV was off.

  [audience laughter] 

  Yeardley Smith : So, and that they were trying to get the flesh tone on the Simpsons. But they just couldn't. "They're still yellow. What's going on?"

  James Lipton - Host : Why did I, why does every cartoon character have only three fingers?

  Hank Azaria : That's animation tradition.

  Nancy Cartwright : It's because it's cheaper.

  [audience laughter] 

  James Lipton - Host : Well, just think over the years how many millions of dollars have been saved by not putting in that pinkie.

  Nancy Cartwright : That's it. It's time. Seriously.

  James Lipton - Host : Why does everybody on the show have an overbite?

  Hank Azaria : That's a Groening-esque art thing.

  James Lipton - Host : That was Groening?

  Yeardley Smith , Hank Azaria , Nancy Cartwright , Dan Castellaneta : Yeah.

  Dan Castellaneta : He says it's a world without chins.

  [audience laughter]