And then we’ve got Blades of Glory, and we’ve got Brothers Solomon, and I’ve got a script in development with this guy Chuck Martin who used to write on Arrested, and, you know, we have a few things in various stages of development. – Will Arnett
I am happy because I’m grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. – Will Arnett
At no point was I like, ‘Man, I gotta write me a part where people are going to take me seriously’. – Will Arnett
This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read – and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on. – Will Arnett
If you have a character that doesn’t have anything wrong with him, there’s nothing funny about it. The idea of the straight man is very important. But I’d rather it be somebody else, because it’s not as fun. – Will Arnett
This might be controversial, but sometimes I think that being happy is a decision. I don’t mean that in a way to diminish clinical depression. But on a more day-to-day level. – Will Arnett
I think that when I was in my 20s, I wanted to go after dramatic roles, and I didn’t have a tremendous amount of success with that. I kind of backed my way into comedic parts. When you’re young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, ‘People need to see what I can do.’ And it’s so laughable, especially with actors. – Will Arnett
There’s a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful. – Will Arnett
I started acting as a teenager, but it wasn’t until I moved to New York when I was 20 that I made any kind of commitment. – Will Arnett
The thing I always try to hold onto with ‘BoJack’ and with ‘Flaked’ is that maybe there is a sliver of hope that they are going to turn it around. They are just having a tough time getting there. And that’s the thing with ‘BoJack’ – he is obviously depressed. – Will Arnett
Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters. – Will Arnett
What came out of ‘The LEGO Movie’ was the idea of ‘Batman’s the Dark Knight’, so why is he so moody? What’s going on? Why is he so banged up? And wouldn’t it be fun to get in there and explore that? – Will Arnett
‘Gob’ is a character that I enjoy playing immensely because I have so much freedom to take his dim-wittedness to all sorts of low levels. I find him interesting because when you see real people who are completely self-unaware, it boggles your mind. – Will Arnett
I’m a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and the only other teams whose games I go to are the Rangers and the Kings. – Will Arnett
I spent a lot of time quasi-fascinated with characters who were super-dumb and super-cocky. I always liked that combination. – Will Arnett
The first paying voice-over gig I ever got was for a company called Harvard Community Health Plan, which is a Boston-based New England health care provider. I inherited a deep, gravelly voice from my dad, who has always claimed that if I ever get injured, he’ll just take over for me. – Will Arnett
I know that my kids are big ‘Turtles’ fans because there’s been this resurgence, especially with the new series on Nickelodeon. – Will Arnett
You don’t wake up one morning and say, ‘Today is going to be a comedy day.’ And the next day, ‘Today’s going to be a drama day.’ Things happen in life that are fun and light, and things happen that are heavier. You just have to move your way through life, and I think ‘BoJack’ is a good reflection of that. – Will Arnett
One of the greatest punsters of all time, Peter Serafinowicz, is a good friend of mine, and I’ve been in situations more than once where people have been exhausted hanging around with him. – Will Arnett
