Josh [Gad] is such an amazing improviser and is so good when the material is flowing from him that sometimes, if a written scene isn't working quite right, I'll tell him that we've got it and that he can just play. He'll blow us away with some super weird stuff and some wild things that we might use bits and pieces of in the edit, and then I'll say, "Just for good measure, let's do one more of the scripted version."
Josh GadOne of my top 10 favorite movies of all time was South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Team America is a work of genius to me.
Josh GadHollywood is the kind of place that takes what you do well in one thing and manufactures it so the joy can be taken out of it.
Josh GadI feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.
Josh GadMelissa McCarthy just opened this new movie, โIdentity Thief,โ and Rex Reed, whoโs a known critic, wrote a scathing commentary on her weight. I think that weight designation is one of the last frontiers of bullying. I donโt know what the right โismโ for it is, but I think that thereโs a level of that thatโs happening thatโs certainly not okay.
Josh Gad