Josh Gad

I had met my then girlfriend, now wife, Ida, and I was like, I need to become a lawyer. So I started applying to law schools. My mom, as you know already, basically is like, you're a fucking coward if you do that. I audition for this show called 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. And I get it, but I got the San Francisco...

I had met my then girlfriend, now wife, Ida, and I was like, I need to become a lawyer. So I started applying to law schools. My mom, as you know already, basically is like, you're a fucking coward if you do that. I audition for this show called 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. And I get it, but I got the San Francisco...

version and I don't know what I'm thinking cause I have no work, but I turn it down. Oh wow. They are done with me. They are fucking furious. And somehow I find out they're, they're replacing Dan Flogler, the Tony award winner for the show. And I get them to give me another chance, but they're like not having it. I go in, I do my audition goes fine. I then do the music audition goes fine.

version and I don't know what I'm thinking cause I have no work, but I turn it down. Oh wow. They are done with me. They are fucking furious. And somehow I find out they're, they're replacing Dan Flogler, the Tony award winner for the show. And I get them to give me another chance, but they're like not having it. I go in, I do my audition goes fine. I then do the music audition goes fine.

version and I don't know what I'm thinking cause I have no work, but I turn it down. Oh wow. They are done with me. They are fucking furious. And somehow I find out they're, they're replacing Dan Flogler, the Tony award winner for the show. And I get them to give me another chance, but they're like not having it. I go in, I do my audition goes fine. I then do the music audition goes fine.

I do the dance audition. It's an unmitigated disaster. I look like a fucking beached whale learning to swim again. And then I somehow get a phone call that I'm supposed to go to the theater that night. I go to this callback. It's me and this other guy, Jordan, who's on Broadway doing Avenue Q. I have nothing on my resume. I have one episode of ER and I have.

I do the dance audition. It's an unmitigated disaster. I look like a fucking beached whale learning to swim again. And then I somehow get a phone call that I'm supposed to go to the theater that night. I go to this callback. It's me and this other guy, Jordan, who's on Broadway doing Avenue Q. I have nothing on my resume. I have one episode of ER and I have.

I do the dance audition. It's an unmitigated disaster. I look like a fucking beached whale learning to swim again. And then I somehow get a phone call that I'm supposed to go to the theater that night. I go to this callback. It's me and this other guy, Jordan, who's on Broadway doing Avenue Q. I have nothing on my resume. I have one episode of ER and I have.

We didn't even have a fucking basement.

We didn't even have a fucking basement.

We didn't even have a fucking basement.

So this guy goes first. He's out there for like 10 minutes. I come out. I see 30 people who are all sitting in the circle in the square theater. They're all directors, producers, investors. I crack a joke. I start my scene. I get a minute and a half in. And the director, James Epine, and I talk about this in the book, says, Josh, can I see you up here for a second?

So this guy goes first. He's out there for like 10 minutes. I come out. I see 30 people who are all sitting in the circle in the square theater. They're all directors, producers, investors. I crack a joke. I start my scene. I get a minute and a half in. And the director, James Epine, and I talk about this in the book, says, Josh, can I see you up here for a second?

So this guy goes first. He's out there for like 10 minutes. I come out. I see 30 people who are all sitting in the circle in the square theater. They're all directors, producers, investors. I crack a joke. I start my scene. I get a minute and a half in. And the director, James Epine, and I talk about this in the book, says, Josh, can I see you up here for a second?

All of your teachers sound like Phil Hoffman. Okay.

All of your teachers sound like Phil Hoffman. Okay.

All of your teachers sound like Phil Hoffman. Okay.

We've established this. I do one impression, it's Phil Hoffman. Everything else derives from that. Yeah, Josh, I don't want to talk to you. Come here. James calls me up, dismisses everybody, and he says, I don't think you take this seriously. And I said, excuse me? He goes... I don't think you take this seriously. And I said, well, what makes you think that?

We've established this. I do one impression, it's Phil Hoffman. Everything else derives from that. Yeah, Josh, I don't want to talk to you. Come here. James calls me up, dismisses everybody, and he says, I don't think you take this seriously. And I said, excuse me? He goes... I don't think you take this seriously. And I said, well, what makes you think that?

We've established this. I do one impression, it's Phil Hoffman. Everything else derives from that. Yeah, Josh, I don't want to talk to you. Come here. James calls me up, dismisses everybody, and he says, I don't think you take this seriously. And I said, excuse me? He goes... I don't think you take this seriously. And I said, well, what makes you think that?