Josh Gad

“How do you top 'Mormon?' I get sent scripts all the time and I don't know what I would do next. What do you do after that? So I think if you do see me onstage, you'll see me in something dramatic, maybe, or you'll see me try my hand at something else. Perhaps fail, terribly, but try.”

“If you can have heart as well as the comedy, it takes you a lot further. I think that that's what we were trying to do with 'Gigi.'”

“It's weird to say, but every time I look at my daughter and I see this little living breathing thing that came from me, that represents all of the hopes and dreams that I would want for her, I see a miracle.”

“There are certain TV shows that probably would have made me rich, and there are certain commitments I could have made that probably would have raised a lot of eyebrows that I didn't. But I don't look back at those decisions and say, 'Oh God, I'm such an idiot.'”

“I was trained as a straight dramatist.”

“Religion is interesting because it brings out the best and the worst in humanity. It can be a source of good deeds, whether it's people from different spiritual backgrounds coming together to help other people in need after a crisis. But it's also a cause for war and bloodshed.”

“I love polarizing people.”

“Hollywood is the kind of place that takes what you do well in one thing and manufactures it so the joy can be taken out of it.”

“There was a 10- and 8-year difference between us, so my brothers were into tormenting me and I was into getting away from them.”

“When I left college, I was out of work for three years. I had this dream of being on 'SNL,' and that was all I could imagine.”