This is why Jessica Biel is a successful actress: because, despite the punchlines, you know how to tell a joke. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
A lot of Christmas episodes of comedies are comedies trying to be dramas. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I think I am someone who is very interested in structure and different ways of delivering jokes. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I really believe that comedy is an incredible tool, and you can use it in many ways. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I always felt like the best comedy came out of sadness, and some of my favourite shows growing up - a lot… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I was doing this really wacky sketch comedy but at the same time writing these dark, cerebral plays about characters coming to… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
In 'Bojack,' at least at first, we had to couch some of the sadder or weirder or introspective stuff we were doing… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
For a long time in my adolescence, comedy was the only tool I had for communication and dealing with the world and… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
BoJack especially is a very dialogue based show. A lot of the comedy comes from conversations, and a lot of story comes… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
The nature of being an artist in any field, but specifically in comedy, is that almost as soon as you finish something… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
That's part of the comedy, too, is we do have jokes throughout of hanging a lantern on the absurdity of the world.… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I'm excited when any Netflix show comes out. I'm like, 'Yeah, Netflix! Doin' great! We're all on the same side.' — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
I am doing what I can to expand the tent and bring up other people and make sure we are telling different kinds of… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
I think we're so often, as writers, afraid of writing something that is less than perfect, and that fear paralyzes us. I'm a big… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
One of the things that set us apart early on, as opposed to other animated shows, was the fact that 'Bojack' was continuous and… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
Part of being a writer is just getting it in your bones, getting the muscle memory down, just doing it. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
I thought it would be a fun change of pace to do a show about a really sad, depressed character. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
I want each season to feel new and special. I don't want it to feel, "Oh, more of this." That's something that's easy to… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
Art is a dialogue. I'm throwing rocks across a chasm and hoping people catch them on the other side. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
I think it's good to leave people with the memory of that being a great character. And if we have a reason to bring… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
I've written six seasons of a TV show with great help from an incredible staff of writers and other collaborators, but I still feel… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
'Lost in Translation' movie says something interesting about the alienation of being a stranger in a strange land, but also of being a celebrity.… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
The caustic style of 'Archer' was really on my mind when I was first doing 'BoJack' - perhaps too much! — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
The Comeback' is so cringey and difficult, but watching it, what I was really struck with was the kindness and the generosity. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share
