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Stephen Hillenburg
American
Actor
Born:
Aug 21
,
1961
Died:
Nov 26
,
2018
Funny
Humor
Me
Think
World
You
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I do think that the attitude of the show is about tolerance. Everybody is different, and the show embraces that. The character SpongeBob is an oddball. He's kind of weird, but he's kind of special.
Stephen Hillenburg
Attitude
Character
Tolerance
Think
Everybody
Kind
Embraces
About
He
Weird
Oddball
Different
Show
Special
SpongeBob is a complete innocent - not an idiot. SpongeBob never fully realizes how stupid Patrick is. They're whipping themselves up into situations - that's always where the humor comes from.
Stephen Hillenburg
Innocent
Humor
Stupid
Idiot
Complete
Never
Always
How
Up
Situations
Where
Whipping
Themselves
Fully
I drew these natural sponges for a while and gave them googly eyes, and it didn't come together until I drew a sink sponge one day. I thought, 'This is the guy.' He's the square peg, literally, in this world of animals.
Stephen Hillenburg
Day
Together
Eyes
Natural
World
Thought
Animals
Gave
Peg
One Day
Drew
Guy
He
Sponge
Come
Until
Sink
Square
Literally
While
Them
SpongeBob is a kid living an adult life. He has a job. Kids think being a fry cook is a great job.
Stephen Hillenburg
Life
Great
Job
Living
Think
Kid
Kids
Great Job
Adult
Adult Life
He
Being
Fry
Cook
I am an ocean lover and fish watcher and had studied marine biology and even taught marine sciences before I got into animation.
Stephen Hillenburg
Ocean
Before
Lover
Biology
Had
Studied
Animation
Sciences
Got
Am
Fish
Taught
Even
Marine
To be honest, there is a special gift for doing voice-overs, and the people who did the voices in the 'SpongeBob' cast are excellent at cartoon voice-overs, and they bring something extra to the reads.
Stephen Hillenburg
People
Gift
To Be Honest
Extra
Cartoon
Something
Cast
Excellent
Voices
Reads
Doing
Did
Special
Who
Bring
Honest
A natural sponge is not as funny. A square sponge also fit that squeaky-clean idea I was going for.
Stephen Hillenburg
Funny
Natural
Idea
Sponge
Also
Fit
Square
Going
SpongeBob represents idiocy. He is dumb. Patrick is dumb. Mr. Krabs is greedy. Squidward is a snob and vain.
Stephen Hillenburg
Greedy
Vain
He
Idiocy
Dumb
Snob
Represents
Obviously, we're never going to say what the Krabby Patty secret formula is.
Stephen Hillenburg
Secret
Say
Never
Obviously
Going
Formula
Patty
It's not like the computer magically does it for you. Animation just takes forever.
Stephen Hillenburg
You
Computer
Animation
Takes
Like
Does
Forever
Just
I never imagined that I'd end up in animation, but marine biology and art collided, and here we are!
Stephen Hillenburg
Art
Biology
Never
Animation
End
Up
Here
Imagined
Marine
I pitched the idea that SpongeBob and Patrick learn a swearword. Everyone said no. I couldn't even use a bleep. So I used a dolphin sound instead.
Stephen Hillenburg
Everyone
Instead
Idea
Learn
Said
Sound
Dolphin
Use
Used
Even
When SpongeBob's perseverance shines through, and you root for him - that's when the show is working.
Stephen Hillenburg
You
Perseverance
Through
Him
Shines
Root
Working
Show
Generally, we try not to write down to kids. We really just try to write a visual, character-driven cartoon that has a lot of slapstick and really appeals to us. I guess we are just lucky that other adults find that amusing, too.
Stephen Hillenburg
Try
Down
Too
Other
Guess
Kids
Visual
Find
Cartoon
Write
Adult
Generally
Lot
Just
Us
Really
Appeals
Lucky
Slapstick
Amusing
For me personally, snorkeling in a cove in Hawaii, floating along, and looking at all the animals and the colors - I mean, that's pretty peaceful.
Stephen Hillenburg
Me
Animals
Looking
Pretty
Hawaii
Colors
Along
Mean
Personally
Floating
Peaceful
I was just looking at a packet that had SpongeBob thong underwear, so it goes farther than I would imagine.
Stephen Hillenburg
Looking
Thong
Would
Had
Underwear
Than
Goes
Just
Just Looking
Packet
Farther
Imagine
Everybody's got some fascination with undersea life, don't you think?
Stephen Hillenburg
Life
You
Think
Everybody
Some
Got
Fascination
I was always interested in the ocean and also in art. I had to figure out how to put the two together, but painting fish sounded boring.
Stephen Hillenburg
Art
Together
Ocean
Painting
Out
Boring
Had
Put
Also
Always
How
Fish
Interested
Figure
Two
In the spring of 1996, I was working for Nickelodeon on a show called 'Rocko's Modern Life,' and I was interested at the time in doing a show about the ocean, an undersea show.
Stephen Hillenburg
Life
Time
Ocean
Spring
About
Doing
Modern
Modern Life
Interested
Working
Show
Nickelodeon
In the '70s, as a kid, someone took me to a Tournee of Animation festival at the L.A. County Museum of Art.
Stephen Hillenburg
Art
Me
Took
Kid
Someone
Animation
County
Festival
Museum
Most sponges in the ocean are sedentary: They attach themselves to a rock and sit and filter-feed the rest of their lives and reproduce, and that's about it. Not that they are not interesting, but they are not that kinetic. They are not mobile. They don't cook Krabbie Patties!
Stephen Hillenburg
Rest
Ocean
Sit
Sedentary
Kinetic
About
Attach
Most
Rock
Mobile
Reproduce
Interesting
Themselves
Cook
Lives
Anyone who knows me knows that I will continue to work on 'SpongeBob SquarePants' and my other passions for as long as I am able.
Stephen Hillenburg
Work
Me
Will
Long
Other
Able
Knows
Am
Continue
Passions
Anyone
Who
I wanted people to hear directly from me that I have been diagnosed with ALS.
Stephen Hillenburg
Me
People
Directly
Diagnosed
Hear
Been
Wanted
To do a 75-minute movie about SpongeBob wanting to make some jellyfish jelly would be a mistake, I think.
Stephen Hillenburg
Mistake
Think
Would
Would-Be
Some
About
Make
Movie
Wanting
Jelly
In the show, the whole point of the fast food - the fact that SpongeBob loves being part of the fast-food chain and that being a manager is his ultimate dream - it's ironic. It's something that most people don't think is a great thing to try to achieve.
Stephen Hillenburg
Food
Great
People
Try
Achieve
Think
Dream
Something
Food Chain
Fact
Point
Part
Most
Great Thing
Ultimate
His
Ironic
Manager
Being
Loves
Show
Whole
Chain
Fast
Fast Food
Thing
I don't want to be the Pied Piper of fast food.
Stephen Hillenburg
Food
Piper
Want
Fast
Fast Food
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