As the young men drew closer, Harmon says, I shamelessly thought, They might be fans.
After they passed by without saying a word, however, Harmon switched to berating himself.
I thought, God, Im such a self-important narcissist!
Adult Swim
He createdRick and Morty!
Below, Harmon and Roiland give their first interview about their long-awaited new season.
Its a lot of stories we want to tell, a lot to do, but its great.
Adult Swim
Job security like that does not come easy in this town.
On any given day youll feel like this thing can go for 20, 30 seasons.
We have characters that dont really age, its verySimpsons-esque.
Theres so much we can do to keep riding this train.DAN HARMON:Sure Ill end it!
But I dont know that would be on 70.
I would be equally unsurprised if you told me that this thing goes for 20 years.
I wouldnt balk at that at all.
If it still feels right, lets do it.ROILAND:Yeah, unless people dont give a sh anymore.
Adult Swim can say, These are on time and great.
Do you want to do more instead of taking a break?
And we can then do more.
Id like to see that day.
Just knowing its possible makes me eager for it.
I feel like a naughty boy when Im late.
Season 3 famously had some creative growing pains along the way.
Its our job to relax and be happy because thats another huge ingredient.
You never want to lose sight of your job.
Every season you feel like your job is never the same.
My answer is getting increasingly confusing.ROILAND:We want every episode to be good.
It could be considered one of the reasons the show takes so long.
This seasons been good.
Pretty excited about this season.
To fans of the show, theyre going to want to watch them in order.
We could fix it, but fixing it would take as long as doing a new episode.
It will become likeJodorowskys Dune.ROILAND:Well crowdsource it for the fans to fix.
But theres nothing banned.
And youre like, What the f!?
How dare you tease just that?
Were motivated too much by insecurity here.
Were a bit more Morty.
Ill treasure that little guest appearance by Mr. Meeseeks in this interview.
Any guest star voices you might reveal?ROILAND:Weve got Paul Giamatti.
Thats a hot scoop.
We got Sam Neil.Taika Waititidoes a voice.
Is Sam Neil riffing offEvent Horizon,Jurassic Park, or neither?ROILAND:Neither.
Hes from the same species as Taikas character, and we wanted a Kiwi flavor to their species.
Its not going to be for this batch coming up.
But we love the idea of doing something with him.
Its just a discussion of what exactly that is, and then sitting down and talking with him.
He had to reschedule, and then we had to reschedule.
We need to sit down and chat about it.
But its a very sincere and legitimate offer when we threw that out.
WhichRick and Mortyreference are you most sick of hearing/reading at this point?
But the first half would be the wubba lubba dub dub catchphrase.
Only because we were making fun of the idea of stupid catchphrases.
The hardcore fans get the irony behind it.
But I think some fans maybe dont?
I hate to sh on anything because I dont want to bum anybody out.
I dont want somebody to be like, I love that!
And then for them to read that Justin hates it.
Its a popular show.
I dont think, Oh God, Ive done something terrible.
And I think the wholeSzechuan sauce thing.
I didnt know that.HARMON:Yeah.
Its sad, that one, that hes no longer with us.
But that was a huge thing for me.
