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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.

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.

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.

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 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.