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.'
My family aren't performers. They're just normal people. They don't understand this entertainment world. They just think it's mental. They have no idea what I'm doing in America.
Can you imagine watching 'All in the Family' and having an outlet like Twitter? Where you could discuss it while it's happening? I think that would be a really interesting thing.
Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.
I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like this was more important than leaving them unspoken.
I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.
