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Josh Gad

Melissa McCarthy just opened this new movie, 'Identity Thief,' and Rex Reed, who's a known critic, wrote a scathing commentary on her weight. I think that weight designation is one of the last frontiers of bullying. I don't know what the right 'ism' for it is, but I think that there's a level of that that's happening that's certainly not okay.

— Josh Gad art

Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.

— Josh Gad war

I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.

— Josh Gad humor

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.

— Josh Gad time

I don't know if I'd call myself a prodigy, but I was a big forensics competitor in high school, and then during college I spent some time working at speech and debate camps as a coach.

— Josh Gad time

I love polarizing people.

— Josh Gad love

I'm unfortunately very verbose too often.

One 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 Gad time

When I left college, I was out of work for three years. I had this dream of being on 'SNL,' and that was all I could imagine.

— Josh Gad work

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.

— Josh Gad people

I really love the traditional aspects of Judaism. My wife is born and raised a Catholic and I enjoy celebrating those rituals as well. I am very spiritual but not in any way religious, no.

— Josh Gad love

I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that's more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They're very powerful figures in my life.

— Josh Gad life

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.

— Josh Gad funny

It's weird to say, but every time I look at my daughter and I see this little living breathing thing that came from me, that represents all of the hopes and dreams that I would want for her, I see a miracle.

— Josh Gad hope

My idol growing up was Charlie Chaplin. I was obsessed with him. I mean, while other kids were watching Jim Carrey and the likes in the '90s, I was watching Charlie Chaplin films, because I was a bit of a geek. I became obsessed with this idea of physical comedy.

— Josh Gad comedy

The actual truth about Gad is it's one of the original 13 tribes of Israel, so you can actually trace my lineage back to, like, those guys who had, like, a hand in the Bible and have since become very famous from that. So I come from very famous lineage. Granted, they didn't have cameras back then, so none of them had TV shows.

— Josh Gad truth

I went to drama school for four years at Carnegie Mellon, conservatory training before television comedy. I was doing Shakespeare and Chekov plays. It's about delivering on the promise of a $100,000 education and taking the shackles off and trying the hand at my craft. I'm thrilled with what I've seen so far.

— Josh Gad education

Hollywood 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 Gad joy

I was like a Borscht Belt comedian trapped in the body of a 6-year-old. I was channeling Jackie Mason at 7.

— Josh Gad body

I was trained as a straight dramatist.

— Josh Gad drama

I feel like Jim Carrey is probably the closest thing to a true physical comedian that we have working today.

— Josh Gad work

If you can have heart as well as the comedy, it takes you a lot further. I think that that's what we were trying to do with 'Gigi.'

— Josh Gad art

There was a 10- and 8-year difference between us, so my brothers were into tormenting me and I was into getting away from them.

— Josh Gad men

When you have a kid, it changes your life. It reminds you, this is my life now: I'm responsible for this tiny person. It's so surreal.

— Josh Gad life

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

— Josh Gad time

Melissa McCarthy just opened this new movie, Identity Thief, and Rex Reed, whos a known critic, wrote a scathing commentary on her weight. I think that weight designation is one of the last frontiers of bullying. I dont know what the right ism for it is, but I think that theres a level of that thats happening thats certainly not okay.

— Josh Gad art

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