Seth MacFarlane Quotes

As long as it's funny, there's no such thing as too far.

I haven't watched 'Mad TV' a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.

As you know it is a comedy so everything is a little bit pushed. That's what's funny about this kind of movie is you can laugh about the absurdity, and the bad side of life.

If I don't offend somebody, then I'm probably not funny.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an observation that's not funny. It's gotta offend somebody somewhere.

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.

Comedy isn't just timing; it's about rooting out the funny in the real. You just bend reality to the left a little.

Fear is what makes comedy funny.

The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.

I mean, no, I don't think anything is too far; you can make fun of anything.

Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

I think that a big part of comedy is being made fun of, and it is looking silly or looking stupid.

I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Comedically, unpleasantness is great fun.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

There's an art to stupid comedy. There's an art to offensive comedy, and I think the key is it's just gotta make you laugh.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

A sitcom isn't usually the right tool for satire.

With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing a character, and that I'm actually making fun of what I'm saying by saying it.

You can parody almost anything.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

Everything can be satirized.