Hollywood Is The Kind Of Place That

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.

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.

I Grew Up On 'lawrence' And 'zhivago'. A Legacy With Not One But Multiple Timeless Classics.

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.

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.