Jim Rash
Jim Rash
James "Jim" Rashis an American actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, and director. He is known for playing Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community. In 2012, he received a Golden Globe nomination and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film The Descendants...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth15 July 1970
CountryUnited States of America
follow people twitter
On the personal level, the people that follow you on Twitter are always nice to hear from.
attribute explore
The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.
When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
morning
With Saturday morning cartoons, you've got to start at 6 A.M., right?
sketch
When I teach sketch writing, there's still a beginning, middle and end.
advanced technology tv
We all know that technology has advanced to the point of watching TV online.
people
To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.
asking attack car life needed scale telling
One summer, when I was a kid, I was in the car with my stepfather, and he was asking me where I thought I ranked, on a scale of 1 to 10. I said, '6,' and he said, '3.' I think it was his way of telling me that I needed to get out and really attack life.
backseat few grand movies seems side takes
On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.
definitely fascinated
I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.
cartoon good
I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.
beach houses
Old beach houses sometimes don't have TVs, or you don't get cellphone reception.
acting drawn emotional line minute sort sudden toe
My acting has always been in the world of comedy, but in my writing, other than writing sketches, I really am drawn to the balance between comedy and drama. I like things that sort of toe that line of one minute you're in this emotional space and then all of the sudden something happens.
bit certain episodes groove groups rooms tries works
There are writers' rooms that will write episodes all together, who will break into little groups and write certain scenes. Everyone's process can be a little bit malleable. Everyone tries to get into a groove or find what works for their room.