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In it and be in front of the camera as well. all of those things to me felt really exciting. >> i like your bustle, by the way. >> oh, yeah, i really love that the most alluring fashion statement a woman could make today is to simulate a fat [ bleep ]. >> simulation of a fat [ bleep ] right there. >> throughout the course of my career ive managed to continue to challenge myself and to try things that i havent tried and to keep scaring myself. im not really content creatively unless im doing some...

>> were officially on welfare. come on, kids. help me scatter car parts on the front lawn. >> pushes the boundary of tastes. >> is that the blood of christ? >> yes. >> man, that guy must have been wasted 24 hours a day, huh> >> the human was crazy. >> america is great, except for the south. >> it was just a very new kind of show. >> sometimes, it made you cringe it was just that darn funny. you couldnt help but laugh at it. >> at the end of the day, thats all its trying to do, its not trying to ...

>> after high school, he heads to a prestigious art school. >> i was an animation major in college, so i had very, very good training from the rhode island school of design. >> part of that training was complete a student film. seth draws and voices the characters. >> hey, about that? another state thats going to abolish the death penalty. >> oh, is that right? >> instead they make you share a popsicle with tom waite. >> when did you discover you could do voices as well? >> i was pretty young. b...

>> anything that caught his fancy, he figured out a way to make it funny. a little bit of irreverence but also just innocent fun. >> after high school, he heads to a prestigious art school. >> i was an animation major in college so i had very, very good training from the rhode island school of design. >> part of that training was complete a student film. seth draws and voices the characters. >> hey, about that? another state thats going to abolish the death penalty. >> oh, is that right? >> inst...

Counter, im sorry, youre too late. they just closed the gate. i said, ill take the 11:00. went into the lounge, fell asleep, woke up about 45 minutes later to a commotion and the first plane had hit. >> unconfirmed report that a plane has crashed into one of the towers there. >> sat there and watched the second plane hit. >> another passenger plane hitting the world trade center. >> and i turned to the guy next to me and said, my god, that was the flight i was supposed to be on. >> the close cal...

>> i wrote for a show called "joan bravo" on cartoon network that aired for a few years. it was a cult hit in its own right. >> he gains some on camera experience. but he works mainly behind the scenes. these are out-takes of him spoofing captain kirk on cartoon networks "adult swim." >> im a -- >> then in 1998, his big break. fox, home to the "simpsons" gets a look at animated short. >> im steve. im a dog in case youre, well, stupid. >> fox invites him to shoot a pilot, so long as he does it on...

♪ okay, all right, get ready. im about to shoot a full load at your cans. all right. >> seths current focus? film making. as the writer, producer, director and star of "a million ways to die in the west." >> this is a weak cookie, isnt it? >> what was it about the old west that made you say this is what im going to do? >> ive been a fan of westerns, both in film and television and it had been a while since anyone had really done a western comedy. >> the setting may be the old west, but the s...

2012 and becomes an unexpected and gigantic hit. >> let him in. >> let him in, exactly. >> good, okay. "ted," were you kind of like how did this happen? >> i had no idea what to expect. >> i love you. >> i love you too. >> i wasnt thinking in terms of commercial viability in terms of, you know, what was going to sell. >> but sell, it does. on top of that, seth earns an oscar nomination for co-writing a song in the film. ♪ everybody needs a best friend ♪ ♪ >> hell be playing a much bigger r...