Matt Groening on The Simpsons having minority actors voice minority characters: "I think it's great"

The Daily Mail

"I think it's great, times change, but I actually didn't have a problem with the way we were doing it," The Simpsons creator told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat one day after news that Kevin Michael Richardson was taking over the Dr. Hibbert role from Harry Shearer. "All of our actors play dozens of characters each, it was never designed to exclude anyone." Asked whether he believes the controversy raised awareness of the need for more diversity in writers rooms, he said: "I absolutely agree with that. And we're trying to make it better."