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" I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no. "
Seth MacFarlane
Said
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" What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" I was a film major with a concentration in animation. "
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" The problem with the cable networks is the lack of money, not from personal income but as far as show budget. "
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" I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain. "
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" If I were to do a musical, I think I would rather make a film musical. "
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" When 'Family Guy' started, we wanted to make it more like a sitcom. And there was very little music. "
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" I'm bad at golf. "
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" There have to be people who are vocal about the advancement of knowledge over faith. "
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People
Faith
" Evolution doesn't care whether you believe in it or not, no more than gravity does. I want to rekindle excitement over what we've achieved as a species with the space program. We can't afford to regress back to the days of superstition. "
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" I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country. "
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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.' "
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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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" You don't want to be nasty for the sake of being nasty. "
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Sake
Being
" 'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political. "
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Gotta
" 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 all the time. "
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" 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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" 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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