I was a little bit ashamed of American TV because I thought, 'None of the shows my father works on are as funny as my father.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm probably going to get in trouble for this but 'American Dad' is one of my favourite shows. It gets very dark in places but the jokes are there.
My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.
Our public portrayal of fathers has shifted during my life. TV fathers have 'evolved' from real people like Sheriff Andy Taylor, Beaver's dad Ward Cleaver and Heathcliff 'Cliff' Huxtable, to cartoon dads like Homer Simpson and Seth MacFarlane's caricatures in 'American Dad!' and 'Family Guy.'
I love playing a dad. It's hard to find family dramas that are genuinely funny.
Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.
My dad does watch my work now. My parents watch everything I'm on. I think the first time they saw something was 'Captain America,' and he called me, and he was so elated.
My mom and dad were divorced, and although they got along very well, my mom thought American television was reprehensible, so I was raised on the BBC. I kind of agreed with her. We watched American news, though.
I truly think comedy is - being funny is DNA. My dad was a doctor, a wonderful doctor, and people still come up to me today, 'Your father helped my mother die.' You know what I'm saying? He made her laugh 'til she died. My father was always very funny.
American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.
Although my dad's a writer, we grew up in a telly-watching household. I never found him disparaging about television.