Quotes from Jim Rash

I think what's cool about a body-switching movie is, 'The grass is always greener:' the idea that someone else has a better life than I do.

Old beach houses sometimes don't have TVs, or you don't get cellphone reception.

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.

I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic.

Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer.

To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.

The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.

I was very much a latchkey kid. My parents would feel the back of the television to make sure I hadn't been watching it when they were gone, which inevitably I was.

I feel like my experience on 'Community' was that I saw just how important that first year is for a series. That is where you work all the pieces out, and that means honing the characters' voices, setting that tone, finding your angle.

A sketch is just a mini movie.

When I teach sketch writing, there's still a beginning, middle and end.

I love discussing the ins and outs of the collaborative nature of writing.

I've certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in general, and the people who are in our lives, and I don't mind pulling from them and writing things down on my phone that my family says.

'Game of Thrones' is taking dense novels and trying to shrink it all down to a slightly manageable series in the sense that there are so many characters and so many locations.

In a weird way, the drama behind the stage was sort of keeping 'Community' on people's minds.

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.

I think fans have an outlet. Through social media, you can hear them.

As long as a teaser saves some things, that's good.

If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.

I will say you could always look at 'Looney Tunes' and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about the beats of comedy. I think you can find out about awkward pauses, because I think they did those well.

Even with the fact that I grew up in North Carolina, 'Jim Rash' just screams 'Southern boy.'

On the personal level, the people that follow you on Twitter are always nice to hear from.

Can you imagine watching 'All in the Family' and having an outlet like Twitter? Where you could discuss it while it's happening? I think that would be a really interesting thing.

I think the networks, in general, have to evaluate what's happening around them. I'm sure they're scared about a lot of things: Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and all these places that allow people to watch shows in chunks.