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Seth MacFarlane

Profession : Cartoonist

Birth : October 26, 1973

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

Seth MacFarlane

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

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I was a big Fred Flintstone fan.

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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.

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

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Believe it or not, I have about the same success rate as anyone else. Sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss.

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What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.

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Obviously I'm a big fan of 'South Park', but it gets tiring at times when there's so much of it.

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When you are in a room and your job is to write jokes 10 hours a day, your mind starts going to strange places.

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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.

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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't proposed it yet, but if somebody from the PTC reads this, it might be worth discussing.

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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.

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Some of those more out-there jokes were written in the wee hours of the morning. Somehow, they remained funny the next day.

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'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.

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At one point, I was hell-bent on being a Disney animator, and sort of got over that in college and wanted to do my own stuff. You know, towards the end of college I had actually planned to go to the Boston Conservatory of Music for musical theater.

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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.

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I was a film major with a concentration in animation.

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

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The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done.

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Chris Elliott could read the phonebook and he's funny.

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