into just as much fun and trouble as Peter. I love that she’s a little bit of a deviant. But, when she has to be, she is the mom and the core that keeps the family running.


Family Guy has a reputation for pushing the boundaries. TSR member JoinedUp asks: has there ever been a script you’ve refused to do? No. I come from doing sketch comedy and stand-up. For me, the definition of comedy is offence. You have to offend somebody to make somebody else laugh. So there’s really nothing I would never do. As long as it’s funny, I’m in.


If something’s not funny I’m not going to be a huge proponent for it, but I’ve never refused to do something. I’m not the arbiter of taste. It’s very subjective and I would be a fool to assume that only I know what’s funny and what isn’t.


Do you ever freak strangers out by using it on them? (TSR member Jack93o) No, not really. To me it doesn’t sound that different from my regular voice, but other people always marvel: “You don’t sound anything like her!”


Usually when I go in to record I’m doing it for several hours. By the time I finish all the scripts I want to throw up if I hear the voice again, so I try not to do it too often in daily life.


The latest Family Guy DVD to come out is a ‘best of’. Let’s take a look back at some of your favourite bits from the series. First, which is your favourite of the show’s minor characters? (asked by TSR member pinda.college) I love Mike Henry when he plays the Spanish maid Consuela. And Drew Barrymore played Brian’s girlfriend Gillian who was always an idiot and she was really funny doing it.


TSR member mikeyd85 asks: how about your favourite line? It kind of falls in line with my favourite moment from the show, which is where Peter, Bryan and Stewie are sitting around and they’re drinking Ipecac to see who will throw up first. They all start throwing up violently and just cannot stop vomiting and vomiting and vomiting, and it goes on and on and on and - just when they finally come to a standstill and they can all take a moment and breathe - Lois comes in with a giant pot and says “WHO WANTS CHOWDER?” That’s one of my favourite scenes from the whole series.


There’s long been talk of you working with Seth McFarlane on a new animated series. Is that still happening? There’s no new news on it. We’re hoping to do it but, as you may have noticed, Seth’s schedule is insane, and I’m also producing something else for Fox and working on a show that was a British series - Shameless. So it’s really difficult because of the timing. We’d still love to do it, but when? It’s still a backburner but it’s pretty far back on the stove.


Is that the same story for the Family Guy movie as well? Yeah, it’s the same thing. It’s on the list and everybody wants to do it but when?


Read the full interview at www.thestudentroom.com


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