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 More Quotes by Seth MacFarlane More Quotes From Seth MacFarlane 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 atheist men believe 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 adults acting children '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 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 spaghetti eras littles 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 space doe believe I cannot tell good art from bad art. I have no eye for it. Seth MacFarlane good-art eye art
