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" I'm a dad first and foremost, then it goes hockey and then work, in that order. "
Will Arnett
Then
Hockey
Goes
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" I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order. "
Will Arnett
Show
Season
Back
" I spent a lot of time quasi-fascinated with characters who were super-dumb and super-cocky. I always liked that combination. "
Will Arnett
Always
Who
Were
" You don't want to try to recreate something you've already done. "
Will Arnett
You
Done
Want
" 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
Time
Tough
Always
" And I think that at a certain point, after all the time and all the conjecture and everything that had kind of gone on surrounding this show, I think that Mitch just felt like it was time to let it go. It was best for the show. "
Will Arnett
Kind
Best
Everything
" But since day one, we've always been kinda up against it. So at the end, it's not surprising that we were kind of led along for so many months and didn't know what the fate of the show was gonna be. It was... in a weird way, just kind of that was the way it's always been. "
Will Arnett
End
Weird
Know
" I pretty much choose anything I do in life based on whether or not I can work in my PJs. Certainly one of the perks of doing an animated film is that you don't have to go and get ready and wear wardrobe, and you just show up in whatever you're wearing. "
Will Arnett
Work
Life
You
" When David Cross and I made 'Todd Margaret,' we spent time there. We were shocked and happy with the reaction that we got with fans over there. It was pretty awesome. "
Will Arnett
Reaction
Awesome
Happy
" Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters. "
Will Arnett
Context
Within
You
" '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
Mind
Freedom
Enjoy
" It doesn't look great if you cancel the reigning Best Comedy Program, you know, you're gonna take a hit from a... from sort of a public relations standpoint. "
Will Arnett
You
Best
Comedy
" I know that my kids are big 'Turtles' fans because there's been this resurgence, especially with the new series on Nickelodeon. "
Will Arnett
Because
Kids
Fans
" The show had run its course on the Fox network. "
Will Arnett
Fox
Had
Course
" 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
Light
Morning
Life
" Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me. "
Will Arnett
Doors
Me
Lot
" But as a result of that, there was, once the show ended, there was this talk for sort of four, five months about what was going to happen, and if we were going to move to Showtime, and if we were going to be bought by ABC or whatever. "
Will Arnett
Result
Move
Happen
" Well, we were never coming back to Fox... that was clear. "
Will Arnett
Never
Well
Back
" 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
Community
Deep
Care
" 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
Glory
Got
Used
" I am happy because I'm grateful. I choose to be grateful. That gratitude allows me to be happy. "
Will Arnett
I Am
Me
Happy
" 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
Lego
Why
Going
" No, Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted. "
Will Arnett
Experience
Amazing
You
" When I was a kid, I was a fan of comedy. I always loved Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, and Dave Letterman - not an actor, obviously, but I'm still impressed by his wit. I wanted to emulate them because they made me laugh. "
Will Arnett
Laugh
Comedy
Me
" Any time you can build jokes around a story that resonates on an emotional level, it is going to have a big impact. "
Will Arnett
Impact
Build
You
" And we... right from moment one, we were always kinda up against the wall a little bit when it came to the future of the show. There were always rumors. "
Will Arnett
Right
Rumors
Future
" It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be. "
Will Arnett
Rare
Very
Who
" Pure unadulterated success is not as funny as failure. "
Will Arnett
Funny
Pure
Success
" This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on. "
Will Arnett
Far
Hope
Insults
" 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
Pretty
People
Lying
" With 'Mutant Ninja Turtles,' I wanted to play a character who lives more in the real world, although yes, I grant you, he immediately encounters, um, turtles, of the teenage mutant ninja variety. "
Will Arnett
You
Character
Play