63 Quotes by Josh Gad

When you’re doing a pilot, you’re doing it in this bubble that almost works against the creative impulse. You don’t have time to get to know the actors first, and you have three writers, as opposed to a room full of writers.

Josh Gad and I have been friends since the time he auditioned for Modern Family. I directed the pilot for that, and that’s how we met.

How do you top ‘Mormon?’ I get sent scripts all the time and I don’t know what I would do next. What do you do after that? So I think if you do see me onstage, you’ll see me in something dramatic, maybe, or you’ll see me try my hand at something else. Perhaps fail, terribly, but try.

It’s funny because ‘The Book of Mormon’ is ‘The Book of Mormon’ now. When I was doing it at the very beginning, and I was a part of it for four years and always believed in it, I never really knew if it was going to be more than a convention for ‘South Park’ fans.

I’m unfortunately very verbose too often.

Acting comes natural to me. What I do enjoy is meeting people that I’ve idolized for years. I mean, I was talking about bringing up a child with Edie Falco yesterday.

Coming off of ‘Book of Mormon,’ I had a lot of opportunities. I didn’t want to do TV, actually. I really wanted to get paid nothing and keep doing theater at all costs.

When you’re doing a show like ‘The Book of Mormon,’ you’re completely spent by the time the show is over.

There are certain TV shows that probably would have made me rich, and there are certain commitments I could have made that probably would have raised a lot of eyebrows that I didn't. But I don't look back at those decisions and say, 'Oh God, I'm such an idiot.'