“Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, a...” — Rachel Bloom Quote

“Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.”

“I grew up in Southern California, and I particularly did not fit in. I always felt like a fish out of water in my hometown because everyone was very happy, and I was thinking about death and anxiety, and not many other people around me seemed to be thinking about that.”

“It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.”

“I believe the perfect life is the right combination between great things, great success and stupid mistakes or failures.”

“I guess I'm lucky in that I started working very young in all three of the mediums. I started in stage first, and then I moved into film, also very young, and when I did 'Taxi,' for instance, it was live in front of an audience but also filmed; that was a fun combination.”