[With R-rated movie] you're not dealing with the restrictions imposed by the FCC. They're self-imposed. In a way, that does make it harder. You actually have to think about it, as opposed to just taking for granted that you're not going to be able to do this.

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

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.

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.

I have a car that I like - an Aston Martin - for Sunday drives in the country.

I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis.

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