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I am a big fan of 'Rick and Morty.'
I want to give my characters nuance.
I don't believe in good people and bad people.
I think life doesn't necessarily have an endgame.
I don't know if animation is a style. It's a format.
It takes great strength and courage to ask for help.
I really liked the idea of a talking horse in a human world.
So many cartoons are about real fun, happy-go-lucky simpletons.
I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.
I always loved 'The Critic' and how specifically 'New York' it was.
I would love to just watch episodes of 'Horsin' Around' if I could.
A lot of Christmas episodes of comedies are comedies trying to be dramas.
I don't believe there is any line bad enough that a good actor can't save.
I thought it would be fun to make a cartoon about this sad, misanthropic horse.
If you try to guess what people are gonna think, you're chasing the wrong thing.
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky' by Lesley Nneka Arimah blew my mind.
I wanted BoJack to be more of a cautionary figure than someone that you aspire to be.
I think 'BoJack' is definitely very much about kind of the burdens of being comfortable.
I think I am someone who is very interested in structure and different ways of delivering jokes.
I thought it would be a fun change of pace to do a show about a really sad, depressed character.
The best stuff is done by people who love it, whether that's high art or low art, whatever that is.
Art is a dialogue. I'm throwing rocks across a chasm and hoping people catch them on the other side.
The caustic style of 'Archer' was really on my mind when I was first doing 'BoJack' - perhaps too much!
Part of being a writer is just getting it in your bones, getting the muscle memory down, just doing it.
I do not want to have feelings that are just for me that I cannot express to other people. That frustrates me.
This is why Jessica Biel is a successful actress: because, despite the punchlines, you know how to tell a joke.
I'm excited when any Netflix show comes out. I'm like, 'Yeah, Netflix! Doin' great! We're all on the same side.'
I don't know if I have writing habits. Writing is impossible and every time I have to do it I kind of forget how.
Saying someone's a fan of animation is as silly as saying someone's a fan of live action. That can mean anything.
There was a warm and encouraging environment at home. My self-loathing and neuroticism are not because of my upbringing.
I am doing what I can to expand the tent and bring up other people and make sure we are telling different kinds of stories.
Netflix is looking for interesting ideas from interesting creators. They really want to help me make the show I want to make.
I had ADD as a kid and often acted as the class clown. My teachers used to tell my mom, 'Raphael thinks he's a real comedian.'
The Comeback' is so cringey and difficult, but watching it, what I was really struck with was the kindness and the generosity.
BoJack Horseman' would make sense in the world of 'Rick and Morty,' but it's hard to imagine Rick and Morty in the world of BoJack.
I moved out to L.A. from New York... and I remember feeling, kind of like anyone does when they first move, so very lonely and isolated.
We often ask, "Do we have enough humans?" Because it's always fun to come up with an animal in show, but it begins to feel like overkill.
I - you know, I know almost nothing about sports. So whenever I hear anything involving sports, my go-to move is to kind of nod and agree.
One of the things that set us apart early on, as opposed to other animated shows, was the fact that 'Bojack' was continuous and serialized.
I was very moved by shows that combined things that were funny and sad. I remember liking 'Simpsons' episodes in which emotions were central.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is one of my favorite movies of all time, and in fact it is maybe the first movie that I really loved in an adult way.
BoJack' is a very much a format-based show. The story should always match the format, but I don't necessarily think the story has to come first.
Whenever I talk about how good season two of 'The Comeback' is, people ask, 'Do I have to see season one?' And I say, 'You get to see season one.'
Anything is possible in this universe. It could be that you turn the chair around it's just a glove handcuffed to a bomb, like in Inspector Gadget.
I think it's good to leave people with the memory of that being a great character. And if we have a reason to bring him back, we'll bring him back.
It's much easier for me to think in terms of character movement and emotion and story rather than, 'What are some wacky hijinks we can throw together?'
Netflix really trusts us. We don't get a lot of network notes. They're not coming back all the time like, 'Oh, this is too sad,' or 'This is too weird.'
I kind of want to take the writer down a peg. I think there are a lot of pretentious writers in this business, which I am certainly one, in certain cases.
I had behavioral problems. I didn't always feel like I fit in. Which is somewhat universal. I don't want to imply that I was like some super out-there kid.
I think Netflix have a bit of a reputation for being totally hands-off, which is not quite fair. They are very active and vested, but in a really good way.