Seth MacFarlane
Seth MacFarlane
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American television producer, filmmaker, actor, and singer, working primarily in animation and comedy, as well as live-action and other genres. He is the creator of the TV series Family Guy, co-creator of the TV series American Dad!and The Cleveland Show, and writer-director of the films Ted, its sequel Ted 2, and A Million Ways to Die in the West...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVoice Actor
Date of Birth26 October 1973
CityKent, CT
CountryUnited States of America
There are people on staff who have made that point, that the upside to a second Bush term is that it makes 'American Dad' work better. To me, the price is too high. I would gladly give up the comedy to have a President Kerry. But you work with what you have.
Evolution doesn't care whether you believe in it or not, no more than gravity does. I want to rekindle excitement over what we've achieved as a species with the space program. We can't afford to regress back to the days of superstition.
What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.
Adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device.
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.
I'm big on the importance of science, particularly right now at this point in time when there's sort of a systematic rejection of science by a lot of people in America.
There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.
I tend to lean more towards the Westerns of the 40s and 50s as opposed to the 60s and 70s. They get a little too drab for me when you get into the Spaghetti Western era. I love the John Ford movies. I love the music. I love the scope.
Believe it or not, I have about the same success rate as anyone else. Sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss.
I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt.
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'm not a fatalist. I'm not a religious person. I'm sure there are close calls that we're not even aware of hundreds of times a year. You cross the street, and if you'd crossed the street two minutes later, you'd have been hit by a car, but you'd never know it. I'm sure that kind of stuff happens all the time.
The only reason we die, is because we accept death as an inevitability.