Quotes by Seth MacFarlane

About Seth MacFarlane:

Seth Woodbury MacFarlane is an American animator, voice actor, screenwriter, singer, television producer and filmmaker, 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 (2012), its sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014). His credits include production, direction, writing, acting, and voice acting. He is also a singer and pianist.
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There are times when I'm under the weather and the corporate machine tries to put me in the recording booth anyway. It's always up to me to say, 'Guys, listen to me, listen to what I sound like. I'm not myself.'

Seth MacFarlane

The quest for Tommy Lee Jones' laugh begins now.

Seth MacFarlane

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'.

Seth MacFarlane

If I were to do a musical, I think I would rather make a film musical.

Seth MacFarlane

'The Brady Bunch' asks nothing of you as a viewer. Sometimes is just what the doctor ordered.

Seth MacFarlane

You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty.

Seth MacFarlane

You would not want me on your football team.

Seth MacFarlane

I'm from Connecticut, and we don't have any dialects. Well, I don't think we have any dialects, and yeah, it's very complex. That Rhode Island/Massachusetts New England region is arguably the hardest dialect to nail.

Seth MacFarlane

Everybody in my family had a real sick, twisted sense of humor. Most of the jokes we make in our house, we would just never even dream of making anywhere else. Just sick, horrible stuff. That wasn't anything new to college.

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.

Seth MacFarlane

The way Disney characters move, they're very kind of slow and fluid and flowing; one pose kind of eases into the next. If you look at a show like 'The Simpsons' and subsequently a show like 'Family Guy' - the characters will jerk from pose to pose a ...

Seth MacFarlane

I always thought it would be funny to have the Parents Television Council write an episode of 'Family Guy' and give them full creative control. Then see how good the episode is. That's something we've actually discussed in the writers' room. We haven...

Seth MacFarlane

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.

Seth MacFarlane

When 'Family Guy' started, we wanted to make it more like a sitcom. And there was very little music.

Seth MacFarlane

I had - I was pretty hell bent on getting into the cartoon business specifically as an artist from the get-go.

Seth MacFarlane

I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country.

Seth MacFarlane

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 ...

Seth MacFarlane

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 y...

Seth MacFarlane

'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political.

Seth MacFarlane

I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain.

Seth MacFarlane

Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies.

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Author Bio

  • NameSeth MacFarlane
  • DescriptionTelevision producer
  • BornOctober 26, 1974
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Producer; Television Actor; Singer; Television Director; Film Director; Actor; Singer-songwriter; Voice Actor; Animator; Writer; Composer; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsAnnie Award; Primetime Emmy Award