It wasn’t a joke. Basically I saw that tweet. And I was kind of devastated, i was actually going to tweet, ‘This makes me sad.’ But I was like, ‘Ehhhhhhhhhh… I don’t want to give him that, necessarily.’. Rachel Bloom More Quotes by Rachel Bloom More Quotes From Rachel Bloom My grandpa was an amateur stand-up comic when I was growing up. ... He'd have me come up onstage with him to deliver a punch line: 'Why is your nose in the middle of your face?' 'Because it's the scenter.' Rachel Bloom grandpa growing-up noses I'll tell you anything about myself. I will show you my bare butthole. Rachel Bloom shows One of the ways that my show has been most successful is when it's dealing with women's issues, like Spanx and plucking and having heavy tits. That's why it feels like, creatively, an advantage. Rachel Bloom issues successful way Being good at fashion and beauty and girly stuff has been such a point of insecurity for me; I'm not good at coming up with jokes that make fun of other people for that, because I don't feel like I have a mastery of it myself. Rachel Bloom girly fashion fun I will never do another show like' Crazy Ex' again, because it would be physically impossible, we were writing at the same time, we were filming at the same time we were editing, so I was going... I mean I would get the hair and makeup trailer, sometimes be looking at writing outlines, and then in between scenes go to editing. I could never do that again. Rachel Bloom entertainment I'm kind of getting the lay of the land, it's just what's like,' What's the good idea ? What am I interested in ?' It's always the idea before the format. Rachel Bloom entertainment It's a whole other level : the fan interactions at these shows because it's incredibly personal for them. When you make a TV show you're kind of doing it in a vacuum, unless the times that you're on Twitter and kind of actively talking to fans. So in the live shows, the content from the TV show really takes on its own life. Rachel Bloom entertainment I'm really, I'm so excited -- I think I'm going to go to both nights at Creative Arts, which means two pretty dresses. Rachel Bloom entertainment We didn't get any nominations last year, and that stung because I was really proud of our work last year, and so to get two in our final season was great. Rachel Bloom entertainment I’m a big fan of yours, we’ve met numerous times and my husband, Dan Gregor, wrote for ‘How I Met Your Mother’ for 5 years. Notably, he wrote the episode where your character finally meets his father. Rachel Bloom entertainment For lack of a better word, I've let love and infatuation emasculate me. Rachel Bloom better me infatuation love Fashion has always been a source of stress for me because I don't know how to dress myself. I'm short-torsoed with big boobs, and I don't really understand what a belt does. But you get on these shows, and people fit the clothing to you, and suddenly you learn, 'Oh, I should be wearing petite jackets.' Rachel Bloom dress myself me you Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that. Rachel Bloom good tired black people I'm a comedian, and I have my share of anxiety and depression; so do most of my friends. My humor tends to lie in the juxtaposition of extreme lightness - I'm a huge musical-theater fan - and extreme darkness. And so I really like playing with those because that's how I feel. Rachel Bloom friends humor darkness depression I was kind of an unhappy kid. I always felt like a cynical New Yorker trapped in a little kid's body. I started to get some pretty bad anxiety disorders around puberty, which totally did not work with growing up a mile away from the beach. I started cutting my own hair. Rachel Bloom anxiety work hair beach I love musical theater so much. When done right, I think comedy songs can be the most efficient form of joke delivery. Songs can be the most efficient and the best forms of conveying emotion. Music is universal. It's worldwide. Rachel Bloom best think music love My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And they're all shows that are groundbreaking. I guess in the back of my head, I think, If you're not being groundbreaking, then what are you doing? If you're not being ballsy and honest and vulgar, then what are you doing? Rachel Bloom doing back think you We're told all the time to give up everything for love. That's the Western notion of what love is - love conquers all, all you need is love. And there are so many different kinds of outside, conflicting pressures on women. Rachel Bloom you women time love I feel like a lot of serious music lives in generalizations - 'Love is a flower,' 'The sky is so dark' - but comedy lives in specifics. Rachel Bloom music flower sky love When a network passes, you really mourn the show. The official state of grief in Hollywood is saying you're taking around a dead pilot. Rachel Bloom dead saying you grief
