Sunday’s upcoming issue of PARADE features a great interview with this year’s Oscar host, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, who spoke to PARADE about his big hopes for a surprising Oscar night, the future of Family Guy, and more.
Nobody familiar with MacFarlane’s outrageous brand of humor is expecting business as usual at this year’s awards. “You want Sacheen Littlefeather to come up and accept an award,” MacFarlane says, recalling other classic Oscar moments. As host, he’s looking to “find a balance somewhere between Billy Crystal and Ricky Gervais,” he says, though it was former emcee Hugh Jackman whose advice hit closest to home. “He told me, ‘Don’t be too kind. Shake it up a little bit.’
Here are some more highlights:
MacFarlane on being his own worst critic.
“I think at times I read too much of my own press. I wish I was better at taking in how great my life is, but that’s surprisingly elusive. I tend to be very hard on myself and insecure about failing no matter what happens.”
At this point MacFarlane thinks the end of Family Guy might be near.
“How much more is there to find out about these characters? You don’t want to start concocting things like what if Pete finds out he’s half Chinese. I’ve never heard of a TV show that after nine seasons goes into its best years. It would be arrogant to assume that we’ll be the first.”
MacFarlane on the rumor of a movie version of Family Guy.
“I think at some point that’ll happen.”
Though he typically keeps a low profile, MacFarlane discusses dating.
“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.”
Check out more from MacFarlane on Parade.com now, including a behind-the-scenes video from our photo shoot:
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