I Feel Like Jim Carrey Is Probably

In Real Life, Josh [gad] Is A Different Kind Of Lovable Idiot. In Real Life, He's A Much Filthier Idiot. He Has A Dirty Sense Of Humor.

[ 1600 Penn] Is An Ensemble Comedy About A Family. It Just Happens To Utilize The Fact That My Character Is Now Being Forced Into This World As A Jumping Off Point. But, In No Way Is It The Crux Of The Series. It's Simply An Introduction To The World.

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."

When You Get Into The Series, The Progression Is Much Different. You Actually Have Breathing Room And The Chance To Sit Down With Each Actor, Which Was A Part Of Our Process, To Talk To Them About Their Pasts.

I Met Jon Lovett, Who Was Just Coming Off Of Three Years Of Being A Presidential Speech Writer And Had Just Arrived Here To Be A Comedy Writer In Hollywood. I Thought He Was Super Green, In Terms Of This World, But He Knows So Much About The World That We're Attempting To Write About.