Look, it's a gig that has all eyes on it. And when you're doing something that's that much in the spotlight, with that much focus on it, that much intensity, you're going to have a lot of opinions from a lot of people. I'm trying to think of the last time that I read a review of the Oscars the next day where everyone is raving about it -- it's been a long time, it's not an easy job, and I'm not surprised that they have a tough time finding takers.

Seth MacFarlane

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I do not believe in God. I'm an atheist. I consider myself a critical thinker, and it fascinates me that in the 21st century most people still believe in, as George Carlin puts it, 'the invisible man living in the sky'

Seth MacFarlane

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I'm not a fatalist. I'm not a religious person. 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.

Seth MacFarlane

religious two years

There were two things that became apparent, pretty quickly into the process. One was that the muscles didn't take as much reconditioning as I thought they would. It was more like voice acting than I thought it would be. You're using your whole body and there are things that are different, but when you are doing a character, even in the booth, nobody is watching but my face will do different things when I do different characters.

Seth MacFarlane

voice character two

Adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device.

Seth MacFarlane

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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.

Seth MacFarlane

family-guy hate people

The only reason we die, is because we accept death as an inevitability.

Seth MacFarlane

dies accepting reason

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

Seth MacFarlane

missing sometimes believe

The two symbols of the Republican party: an elephant and a big fat white guy who's threatened by change.

Seth MacFarlane

elephants party two

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

Seth MacFarlane

make-me-happy toes brain

The only problem is time.

Seth MacFarlane

problem

Nobody sets out to offend or shock for the sake of shocking. You set out to get laughs.

Seth MacFarlane

shock sake laughing

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

Seth MacFarlane

strange-places writing jobs

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

Seth MacFarlane

advancement vocal people

You gotta keep the funny intact.

Seth MacFarlane

I'm the guy in the crowd making fun of the hero's shirt.

Seth MacFarlane

guy hero fun

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.

Seth MacFarlane

doors kids television

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

Seth MacFarlane

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

Seth MacFarlane

good-morning next-day hours

I tend to lean more towards the Westerns of the 40s and 50s as opposed to the 60s and 70s. They get a little too drab for me when you get into the Spaghetti Western era. I love the John Ford movies. I love the music. I love the scope.

Seth MacFarlane

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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.

Seth MacFarlane

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