Josh Gad

I remember a day where I took something in the back of my mom's car, the little cigarette things that you would push down. And I started burning holes in the back of her car. And my mom could not figure out what the fuck was going on with me. And it was this thing. absolute burden on my shoulders of having to keep this secret and lashing out because I didn't know what else to do.

And my mom finally sat down and said, something's got to change, got me to speak to a therapist. I was able to finally unburden this secret, was able to finally find some sort of path for myself to navigate my own very difficult emotions and then was able to overcome all of the chaos.

And my mom finally sat down and said, something's got to change, got me to speak to a therapist. I was able to finally unburden this secret, was able to finally find some sort of path for myself to navigate my own very difficult emotions and then was able to overcome all of the chaos.

And my mom finally sat down and said, something's got to change, got me to speak to a therapist. I was able to finally unburden this secret, was able to finally find some sort of path for myself to navigate my own very difficult emotions and then was able to overcome all of the chaos.

The therapist did. This was a period where I only wanted to sleep in my mom's room. I was afraid to sleep by myself. There was so much shit going on. So I had one therapist who told my mom to lock me in my room. Oh boy. And my mom, God bless her, is like, you're out of your fucking mind.

The therapist did. This was a period where I only wanted to sleep in my mom's room. I was afraid to sleep by myself. There was so much shit going on. So I had one therapist who told my mom to lock me in my room. Oh boy. And my mom, God bless her, is like, you're out of your fucking mind.

The therapist did. This was a period where I only wanted to sleep in my mom's room. I was afraid to sleep by myself. There was so much shit going on. So I had one therapist who told my mom to lock me in my room. Oh boy. And my mom, God bless her, is like, you're out of your fucking mind.

Let's switch. And then I found this incredible woman who was able to talk to me as a child and was able to get to why was I feeling so scared? I had this enormous fear of death. I was constantly afraid of dying, was constantly afraid of loss. And once I had a grasp on that, I was then able to take all of that and start to focus my energies on performance.

Let's switch. And then I found this incredible woman who was able to talk to me as a child and was able to get to why was I feeling so scared? I had this enormous fear of death. I was constantly afraid of dying, was constantly afraid of loss. And once I had a grasp on that, I was then able to take all of that and start to focus my energies on performance.

Let's switch. And then I found this incredible woman who was able to talk to me as a child and was able to get to why was I feeling so scared? I had this enormous fear of death. I was constantly afraid of dying, was constantly afraid of loss. And once I had a grasp on that, I was then able to take all of that and start to focus my energies on performance.

And so my mom found this local children's theater called the Hollywood Playhouse for the Performing Arts, signed me up, and that changed my life, especially being overweight. I found that the greatest superpower I had was making fun of myself and using that self-deprecation to win people over. And so I also parlayed it into popularity. I became class president. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And so my mom found this local children's theater called the Hollywood Playhouse for the Performing Arts, signed me up, and that changed my life, especially being overweight. I found that the greatest superpower I had was making fun of myself and using that self-deprecation to win people over. And so I also parlayed it into popularity. I became class president. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And so my mom found this local children's theater called the Hollywood Playhouse for the Performing Arts, signed me up, and that changed my life, especially being overweight. I found that the greatest superpower I had was making fun of myself and using that self-deprecation to win people over. And so I also parlayed it into popularity. I became class president. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I became sort of a king in high school and I didn't fit the sort of physical bill of what that usually looks like. It makes it even that much better. Funny is funny and it attracts people. And I suddenly was like, okay, this is my high. This is what I'm going to lean into. Cut to me going to Carnegie Mellon drama for some reason.

I became sort of a king in high school and I didn't fit the sort of physical bill of what that usually looks like. It makes it even that much better. Funny is funny and it attracts people. And I suddenly was like, okay, this is my high. This is what I'm going to lean into. Cut to me going to Carnegie Mellon drama for some reason.

I became sort of a king in high school and I didn't fit the sort of physical bill of what that usually looks like. It makes it even that much better. Funny is funny and it attracts people. And I suddenly was like, okay, this is my high. This is what I'm going to lean into. Cut to me going to Carnegie Mellon drama for some reason.

Oh, you didn't? I had the worst audition of my life. But you said I Trojan horse my way into Carnegie Mellon. Sorry, tell me about Juilliard. Juilliard, I go in there and I am bullish. I'm like, I got this.

Oh, you didn't? I had the worst audition of my life. But you said I Trojan horse my way into Carnegie Mellon. Sorry, tell me about Juilliard. Juilliard, I go in there and I am bullish. I'm like, I got this.

Oh, you didn't? I had the worst audition of my life. But you said I Trojan horse my way into Carnegie Mellon. Sorry, tell me about Juilliard. Juilliard, I go in there and I am bullish. I'm like, I got this.

Well, Northwestern is all about grades and SATs.