Zitat des Tages von Seth MacFarlane:
'Family Guy' has this weird thing of attracting people. People either hate it or can't get enough of it. There's really no one in between.
'The Brady Bunch' asks nothing of you as a viewer. Sometimes is just what the doctor ordered.
I was a huge 'Star Trek' fan. I loved the 'Twilight Zone' growing up. In the future, I hope to create some thoughtful, sci-fi drama.
When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.
You gotta keep the funny intact.
I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain.
I was a big Fred Flintstone fan.
I had - I was pretty hell bent on getting into the cartoon business specifically as an artist from the get-go.
Every year, the Friday before the new Saturday-morning shows would premiere, the networks would do this big preview special, and I was always glued to the TV. As horrible as they were, they were entertaining at the time. There was a lot of showmanship from the networks based around the new lineup.
The only problem is time.
There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.
There are things about the single lifestyle that are very appealing.
I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is, but that's surprisingly elusive. I tend to be very hard on myself and insecure about failing no matter what happens.
'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political.
Fox is notorious for having a very thick skin about taking shots at themselves.
The success of 'The Simpsons' really opened doors. It showed that if you were working in animation you didn't necessarily have to be working in kids' television.
The Simpsons are ugly-looking, and they should be. That's what works. That's one of the things that's funny.
Some of those more out-there jokes were written in the wee hours of the morning. Somehow, they remained funny the next day.
On a certain day, I will tweet five times, and then I'll go four days without tweeting at all. It really depends on what time allows. Twitter, priority-wise, has to come after the work is done.
Obviously I'm a big fan of 'South Park', but it gets tiring at times when there's so much of it.
I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.
The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done.
You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.
If something sticks around long enough that it makes it to seasonal D.V.D. release, I'll watch it. That's how I watched 'The Sopranos'.
With any half-hour comedy, it kind of takes on its own life and finds itself.
Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies.
You would not want me on your football team.
If something is shocking without being funny it's hard to justify.
Believe it or not, I have about the same success rate as anyone else. Sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss.
Science has become politicized, and that's an embarrassment.
We never really tried to shock for shock's sake on 'Family Guy'. If something was horribly offensive and shocking, we would put it in if it was also hysterically funny.
I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country.
I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis.
The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.
There was no joke I could make that was too offensive. I can actually remember at least one time where my mother told me something that, I was like, 'whoa!'
I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.