Fred Goss Quotes on Characters (3 Quotes)

The casting process wasn't so much about them being a character, which is the normal way. The character had to become them.... You've got to bring 70 percent, 80 percent of yourself to the party. And an actor's either willing to expose themselves like that, or they're not.

We wanted a half-hour comedy that was not joke-driven in the traditional sense. You're laughing because you recognize the characters as people you're possibly related to yourself.

We're just asking people to kind of look at how they're getting their comedy a little bit differently. Since it's not joke-driven in a traditional sense, the jokes are coming out of how we ratchet up the size of the elephant in the room. If you're invested in the characters and you're onboard with them on an emotional level, that laugh will come out of a relatable place.