For the last five or six years the most important thing in my life has been my family.
My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.
When I remember my family, I always remember their backs. They were always indignantly leaving places.
When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the children repeated it and endangered the whole family.
I find people who want to help other people to be the most interesting. I come from a family of teachers, and my friends are teachers, often times in very difficult school situations.
I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.
I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.
I have a day job, which means my family isn't dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.
I am a very approachable and personable person, and I always put myself last. Whether it's family or friends, I always think about them first.
A close family member once offered his opinion that I exhibit the phone manners of a goat, then promptly withdrew the charge - out of fairness to goats.
You can draw Family Guy when you're 10 years old. You don't have to get any better than that to become a professional cartoonist. The standards are extremely low.
My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
If you come from a normal family, you immediately start playing the role of a boy, a girl a man or a woman, but I'm sure you'll agree with me that those are only roles, limited roles, at that.
I never wanted to be a star, and I don't really want to be famous. I just love the stability of my life. I'm a complete family guy.
I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.
In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never get both out of one parent.
I called my family, saying, 'Guess what? I got a new show. It's about a cop who travels in time.' And they said, 'I think we've seen that one.'
We call an obsession with having someone's approval 'co-dependency;' the Bible's word for it is idolatry. A country can be an idol. A family can be an idol.
My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity.
My father is Jaime Rodriguez from San Antonio, Texas, and I've got one whole half of my family that's Mexican through and through.
Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'
