Words matter. These are the best Jim Rash Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
If there’s ever going to be a challenge for an actor, it’s that character who’s often evolving – which is not often the case in television.
In television, the writer-creator-showrunner is embraced as the creative mind.
Can you imagine watching ‘All in the Family’ and having an outlet like Twitter? Where you could discuss it while it’s happening? I think that would be a really interesting thing.
I watch too much TV.
I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing.
I was very much a latchkey kid. My parents would feel the back of the television to make sure I hadn’t been watching it when they were gone, which inevitably I was.
For young boys, just to know you exist in any capacity is a strong feeling.
As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.
A sketch is just a mini movie.
I think the community that’s created within a writers’ room is a very interesting topic.
I can’t wait to meet Steven Spielberg or Al Pacino again so I can say, ‘I have to tell you how you know me. You know me because I am the worst actor in the world.’
I’ve certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in general, and the people who are in our lives, and I don’t mind pulling from them and writing things down on my phone that my family says.
Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer.
There’s always something exciting about small change.
Writing sketches, you’re also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.
Old beach houses sometimes don’t have TVs, or you don’t get cellphone reception.
I think what makes a good show is obviously a rabid fan base.
In a weird way, the drama behind the stage was sort of keeping ‘Community’ on people’s minds.
With writing, I love doing it, but there’s that love-hate relationship: You’re not having a good run, you’ve hit a wall; it’s frustrating.
Honestly, it’s terrible, but I don’t know if I’ve ever really read a Stephen King novel.
The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.
The director in TV and the writer and the creator are working very much hand in hand.
The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail – that’s something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.
If you’re a writer, the insight of other writers – if there’s some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer’s block or how to deal with any problem that can come up – whether you’re writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.
Look at people that influenced me – but I didn’t know if I had that sort of ‘I’m going to take you under my wing’ person.
Nobody is completely perfect.
‘Game of Thrones’ is taking dense novels and trying to shrink it all down to a slightly manageable series in the sense that there are so many characters and so many locations.
Wherever a writer grew up, they’re obviously influenced by that area, and I’m sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
I think fans have an outlet. Through social media, you can hear them.
I like to believe we’re always looking to evolve as writers.
You’d just die if you put your head to the grindstone.
Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas.
When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience’s face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
We all know that technology has advanced to the point of watching TV online.
I think that getting responsibility and structure are huge parts of growing up.
People are vocal, so you hear the pros and cons of your shows.
Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, ‘Jim Rash’ just screams ‘Southern boy.’
When I teach sketch writing, there’s still a beginning, middle and end.
In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person’s vision forward – that’s an interesting story for me.
On the personal level, the people that follow you on Twitter are always nice to hear from.
I feel like my experience on ‘Community’ was that I saw just how important that first year is for a series. That is where you work all the pieces out, and that means honing the characters’ voices, setting that tone, finding your angle.
I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.
I will say you could always look at ‘Looney Tunes’ and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about the beats of comedy. I think you can find out about awkward pauses, because I think they did those well.
There are a lot of shows that have been saved because the fans weighed in.
