"Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane on his other love: Sinatra
Even if you're not a regular "Family Guy" viewer, you've probably heard the show's iconic theme song.The song is largely the creation of Seth MacFarlane, whose love of animation may only be rivaled by his love for big, jazzy tunes.
In fact, he's even got a semi-regular gig at the Vibrato Grill Jazz Club in Bel Air, Calif., singing songs from the Great American Songbook.But one thing he doesn't seem to love, considering he's lived his life in the public eye, is a certain kind of attention.He says sometimes getting in front of a crowd (or even our "Sunday Morning" cameras) doesn't quite come naturally.
He is, he admits, an introvert."Oh, hell yeah.
Yeah.I don't even wanna be here!" he said.
In fact, he says he sometimes has to resort to liquid courage."I think I had like four scotches before I walked out on stage at the Oscars," he said, referring to his hosting gig in 2013.
"I do get, yeah, I definitely get nervous."You might know MacFarlane as the voice of Peter, Brian Griffin and Stewie on the show "Family Guy" that he created more than two decades ago.In 1999, MacFarlane became the youngest showrunner in Hollywood history.
And less than a decade later, with three network shows on the air, he became Hollywood's highest-paid writer-producer.But back in college, MacFarlane's first love was singing.
"My sister, at the time, was going to the Boston Conservatory of Music for musical theater," he said."She has a beautiful singing voice.
And I had got it into my head that I was going to maybe go to grad school for musical theater as well.So, I applied and got in.
And I was all set to go to their grad program.And I got this offer from Hanna-Barbera to come do an animated short for a series that they were developing.
And so, I just had to take it, moved out to California.But there was an instant there where I could have kind of diverged into a completely different career and never, you know, never even thought about something called 'Family Guy.'" Mac...