Seth MacFarlane Quotes

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Seth MacFarlane

Profession : Cartoonist

Birth : October 26, 1973

I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.

Seth MacFarlane

There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith.

Seth MacFarlane

I'll tell you what I think is not okay. Have you ever seen that show on MSNBC, 'Lockup?' It's a reality show that takes place inside a prison. Do the prisoners have to sign release forms? Or do they have to be on it whether they like it or not?

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 lot, a bit more snappy. Which sort of goes along with the writing tone of the show.

Seth MacFarlane

I'm one of the few people in Hollywood who actually had a good childhood.

Seth MacFarlane

The Simpsons are ugly-looking, and they should be. That's what works. That's one of the things that's funny.

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 you have.

Seth MacFarlane

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

Seth MacFarlane

If a song is funny and absurd, and it sounds great, it's just going to be that much funnier. And there's no better example of that than 'Monty Python.'

Seth MacFarlane

Fox is notorious for having a very thick skin about taking shots at themselves.

Seth MacFarlane

The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.

Seth MacFarlane

The trend today is vampires, zombies, angels, all the stuff that puts me right to sleep. It's too bad because it's so much less interesting than the diversity of stories you can tell with science.

Seth MacFarlane

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.'

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I did a lot of theater when I was in high school and college. I also did stand-up in college, so it was always part of what I did.

Seth MacFarlane

Every year, the Friday before the new Saturday-morning shows would premiere, the networks would do this big preview special, and I was always glued to the TV. As horrible as they were, they were entertaining at the time. There was a lot of showmanship from the networks based around the new lineup.

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Science has become politicized, and that's an embarrassment.

Seth MacFarlane

People do that on Facebook and it's the dumbest thing in the world. I don't care what your dinner looks like. Stop cluttering up the Internet with pictures of your dinner.

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

On a certain day, I will tweet five times, and then I'll go four days without tweeting at all. It really depends on what time allows. Twitter, priority-wise, has to come after the work is done.

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