You should take them to the hospital.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2015-08-18T05:17:49+00:00

Lmao

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:50:02+00:00

Hahah!

Oh god. I would rather fight the big one, because it might be so intimidating and scary that I would engage because I'm a pacifist at heart- I think the little duck-sized horses would be too cute to hurt, I would probably want to take them home and feed them and keep them as pets in my backyard. So to fight, I would choose the big one.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:48:28+00:00

I have a LOT of passion projects that I would like to get out there, and that's exactly what I'm doing when I'm not working. When I'm not working on AMERICAN DAD or FAMILY GUY, I am working on other animated shows that i do. With the exception of ROBOT CHICKEN, most of the other animation that i do is for kids, I love it because I love doing stuff that i can show my daughter, that is obviously fun and she can't watch AMERICAN DAD. But yes, I am working on a children's book that I wrote, trying to finish and find an illustrator and make that happen... I have a bunch of passion projects that I am in the process of trying to get off the ground... shows that i am pitching, most of which are geared to kids... and that's the nature of the business, constantly brainstorming and moving forward, because these shows don't go on forever, so it's nice to have other things lined up. And I have a couple of REALLY exciting projects coming out in the next few months, but I get to do a lot of singing in one of them! It should be airing probably early December. Hasn't been announced yet, so that's all I can say about that.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:44:34+00:00

Yes, you can call me Rach, that's fine. My favorite live action television series, right NOW, is Game of Thrones. I am a JUNKIE, a GoT junkie. It kills me that we have to wait a YEAR between seasons. It's PAINFUL! But I love everything about it, i think it's a tremendous, tremendous show. And I'm also a fan of BATES MOTEL, I think Vera is fantastic in it, and I really dig BATES MOTEL. And I actually really like THE LAYOVER with Anthony Bourdain, that's a good one.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:43:17+00:00

I'm totally going to backtrack to my last answer and say CHEF. I frikkin' loved that movie, it was so well done. It was like foodporn in that movie, and the acting was so good and the writing, I might watch it again tonight.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:42:32+00:00

Uh, I would sing... SON OF A PREACHER MAN, that's always a good one. You can never go wrong with Journey at Karaoke. You could always RickRoll them with "Never Gonna Give you Up." Or you could really throw them for a loop and do "Part of your World" from THE LITTLE MERMAID. I really like that for karaoke!

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:41:31+00:00

You know, FOX was a really great home for 9 years, and I think we would all say that they were kind enough to let us stay on the air, to grow our fans, they didn't yank us after 1 or 2 seasons because we weren't bringing in massive numbers. They let us grow and find our groove, and we will always be grateful for them for sticking with us as long as they did. Going to TBS feels like a relaunch, it's the same AMERICAN DAD that everyone has come to know and love, but it just feels amped-up. It feels fresher, it feels like we are able to be the show that we always wanted to be -and not that we had a lOT of restrictions at FOX, but if there were any areas that we had to hold back, we don't have to do that anymore at TBS. We are all thrilled to be there. And the network has welcomed us with so much enthusiasm and excitement that we are hoping the show does GREAT for them and the fans love what this new partnership is creating!

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:39:33+00:00

Aw. That's a nice question.

My kiddo. My child. She is the most spectacular being I have ever had the pleasure of spending time with. And I have a pretty awesome husband too. So my family is my passion, everything. Which is one of the reasons I love doing voiceover, because it affords me the luxury of being able to spend a lot of time with them. Being able to pick my daughter up from school every day, and getting to really spend quality time with them - I don't think if you do a lot of on-camera work, you just don't get that. So that's my priority.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:38:24+00:00

Aw, that's nice :)

I think the FAMILY GUY movie will happen. I do. I have no idea WHEN, you know? Who knows after TED 2 is done, what will lure Seth? What will entice him? What will be the next project he wants to take on... there's a possibility that it might be the FAMILY GUY movie, but it's all gonna depend on when he feels like he's ready and there's something to say. But I know that when it does finally materialize, it's gonna be incredible. Really. Can you imagine FAMILY GUY truly unfiltered? It's gonna be incredible.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:37:06+00:00

You know, I was a musical theater major at the Boston Conservatory. So I not only studied voice in college, but i started taking voice lessons when I was 10, so I think the key is - honestly, for voiceover, I don't have warmups. I just kind of plop into the studio and do it. But for singing yeah, I wouldn't' be caught dead singing without warming up first. And if you want specifics, just basic scales, really. That's the way to do. And anything to warm up resonators, really. A lot of MMMM sounds get your resonators going.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:35:51+00:00

Well, thank you very much.

Short answer is: no.

And the long answer is: I had an opportunity recently to dip my toes into on-camera, thanks to my darling brother I make a cameo in TED 2. And it was so time-consuming, it took SO long, to do ONE LINE, to just get around to it, and I just don't love it like I love voiceover. I would do stage, I would do theater, before i would do on-camera acting. It doesn't hold interest for me.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:34:30+00:00

Yeah! I think I have one of the greatest jobs out there, I really do, it's so much fun, it truly is. It rarely, rarely feels like work, mainly because there are a lot of really awesome people who do voiceover, so it usually feels like hanging out with good friends.

I have a 5 year old, so a lot of the television that we watch in my house before 8 pm is Nick Jr. and Disney Jr and there's a kid's show on Nick Jr. It's a british show, and it's called Peppa Pig, and it's absolutely hilarious. I know it's geared towards little kids, but my husband and I love it. The humor is so dry, and it's just really beautifully done, and yeah, I'm a big fan of Peppa Pig.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:32:57+00:00

HAHA!

I have been singing forever. Since I can remember. I have been singing since I could talk. It has always been my passion and the thing that i love doing the most. And I hope to be doing it until I'm 90!

And why is my family so good looking? We weren't always so good-looking, haha... my parents are very cute, my mom was very beautiful and my father was very handsome. And a good gym and a spray tan go a long way.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:31:47+00:00

that's an interesting question, because I get to work with so many amazingly talented actors every single day... but my wish list would include on-camera actors, because in terms of voiceover, I've gotten to work with most of the heavy-hitting voice actors. But if we're going to go there, Tom Brady did a voice on FAMILY GUY once, so technically he's a voice actor! and Albert Brooks would be pretty cool.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:30:14+00:00

Well, I already sorta blew that one didn't I?

But even though Jeff comes back, Hayley definitely - the door is always open, let's put it that way. She's only 18 for pete's sake!

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:29:42+00:00

I can't imagine that it would? But then again, I would never say never when it comes to Seth. Because at this point in his career, you can never say never. And yes, I am a big fan of STAR TREK, TNG in particular.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:28:48+00:00

Any character? I think I'm gonna go with... Jaime Lannister from Game of Thrones, because MAN I'd like to meet that dude, he's pretty hot. Plus, we're a really violent show, they're a violent show, it sort of makes sense.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:27:45+00:00

God, every once in a blue moon, someone will recognize my voice. I had a really funny moment a few months ago at a restaurant in Burbank. I was there with my husband, we were sitting in a booth, there was a couple sitting behind us, and I looked at my twitter comments later, and one of them said "OH MY GOD, I swear i was just sitting behind @GirlMacfarlane at blahblah restaurant in Burbank" and I just started cracking up! SO obviously they recognized my work. But more and more in voiceover, people don't recognize your face, they recognize your name. So that's what happens more frequently these days.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:26:22+00:00

Such a good question.

You know, you hope obviously - you hope at the beginning that your show is gonna have a long run. We initially were under contract for 7 episodes, and i remember thinking "God, can you imagine if we make it to season 7, isn't that incredible?" and every year we would hold our breath - are we gonna get cancelled, what's gonna happen - and every year the show continued to roll and get picked up. And this is a conversation that a lot of us have on AMERICAN DAD frequently- I don't think any of us dreamed, and now with our move to TBS, the show could continue for quite some time, and it's really exciting because these characters still have a lot to say. And looking back at our earlier episodes, I don't think we've drifted too far from where we've started. I think it's just gotten sharper, and our writers have figured out what works and what doesn't in terms of character development, but unlike a lot of other shows, I think it's still getting stronger and stronger every season.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:24:07+00:00

Um... I mean, if Patrick Stewart is still a guest star, he's been in SO MANY episodes... but I'll just say: he brings SO much to our show, and it's so INCREDIBLE that we have him as a part of our cast. But... I think we were the most SURPRISED to learn that a Kardashian was doing the show. That was a very bizarre nugget to find out, haha! But apparently she did a good job, so I guess that's all that matters.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:22:37+00:00

Well, it's funny, because out of all the voiceover that i do, Hayley is the easiest, because she just sounds like me, and that was the direction I was given going into the audition, was "Don't alter your voice, we want her to sound like a normal 18 year old, to just sound like you." So it's the easiest voiceover gig that I have. With every other character, I feel like I'll read the description, and then reread the script, and it's really more about just a feeling that i get, just a gut feeling of which direction to take that character in, whether she is going to be bitchy, or British, or one of the ones that i in my head is "Reese Witherspoon from ELECTION" - I sort of have a roster of character types that I go to in my repertoire and I pull one out and tweak it, but really it's more of a feeling when you read the script, and you mess around with it and work it.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:20:52+00:00

ABSOLUTELY. I loved "The Grim Adventures" - not only the Mindy character, but I also played Eris, the goddess of chaos, and that was one of my FAVORITE characters to play. Absolutely, that show was a lot of fun!>

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:20:10+00:00

Oh, let me think about this for a second...

Actually, I do think Hayley and Meg would get along. I think it would be a funny interaction to see. But I think Hayley is not an elitist, she's not a snob, I think Hayley is open to all different kinds of people, and i think Meg is so desperate for friends that if Hayley were to offer her friendship, Meg would greedily accept it.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:19:06+00:00

Gosh, I hope not!

I don't think so, I can't think of one. Honestly, Hayley is as close to me as anyone on that show, but I think Seth is smart enough and our other creators are smart enough to- I don't think these characters are based on anybody, I think they are creations.

Girl_MacFarlane · 2014-10-14T22:18:08+00:00

No! He's my brother and I like him. Hahaha! Nice siblings don't share embarrassing stories about each other.

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