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This is why Jessica Biel is a successful actress: because, despite the punchlines, you know how to tell a joke.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
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Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: August 17
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San Mateo
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Raphael Matthew Bob-Waksberg
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More quotes by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
The beauty of Netflix is that you can figure out a good part of the season before you get started. You're never in the hole of, Oh, we've already released the first four episodes, and now we gotta make the finale, and we've already promised this.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
That's part of the comedy, too, is we do have jokes throughout of hanging a lantern on the absurdity of the world. Like, when BoJack's flying over the neighborhood, you see some houses have swimming pools in the backyard, and what does that mean? Why would there be a swimming pool underwater? But we thought it was funny.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
We often ask, Do we have enough humans? Because it's always fun to come up with an animal in show, but it begins to feel like overkill.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
In a certain way, sometimes it does feel like we say goodbye to a character, and we don't want to bring them back unless we have a good reason. We left the door open if we wanted to use him more. I always think it's better to leave the audience wanting more.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
BoJack especially is a very dialogue based show. A lot of the comedy comes from conversations, and a lot of story comes from misunderstandings and people trying to connect with each other, and there was a really interesting challenge trying to write a script with no dialogue.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Anything is possible in this universe. It could be that you turn the chair around it's just a glove handcuffed to a bomb, like in Inspector Gadget.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
It's really cool to get these guests on the show BoJack Horseman: not just actors, but, Can I get Jonathan Lethem on my weird talking horse cartoon show to talk about how growing up in Brooklyn, he always dreamed of being a ringtone?
Raphael Bob-Waksberg
'Lost in Translation' movie says something interesting about the alienation of being a stranger in a strange land, but also of being a celebrity. That kind of feeling of not being in the same strata as everyone else.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg