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" I'm big on the importance of science, particularly right now at this point in time when there's sort of a systematic rejection of science by a lot of people in America. "

Seth MacFarlane

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" Everybody in my family had a real sick, twisted sense of humor. Most of the jokes we make in our house, we would just never even dream of making anywhere else. Just sick, horrible stuff. That wasn't anything new to college. "

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

" 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. "

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" I'm wide open to getting married, but actors are not easy people to date. You end up sharing that person with this other mistress that is their career. I very much like the traditional courtship method of making a date. That's what they do in normal places, but Hollywood's not normal. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

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

" I spent my entire childhood in the same town, in Kent. I went to grade school there. There was a boarding school that my mother taught at, called - appropriately enough - Kent School, that I went to. Yeah, pretty much my entire childhood was spent in that town. "

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

" Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies. "

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

" I was a film major with a concentration in animation. "

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

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

" 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. "

" If I were to do a musical, I think I would rather make a film musical. "