Rachel Bloom

Rachel Bloom (2016)

Rachel Leah Bloom (born 3 Apr 1987) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, songwriter, and producer.

Quotes

• Getting older is great, but I think bravery also comes with having a good career and high status. The world has shown me that bravery and honesty tends to be the better route. And I want to set an example for my daughter.
  • On being fearless despite her adversities in “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom: 'Ten years ago, no one talked about a cultural problem in comedy'” in The Guardian (2020 Nov 25)

• …We’re starting to have those conversations and it’s messy, because it’s stuff that we haven’t reckoned with, ever…Like, everyone has always known not to grab an ass, or to not say point blank, ‘You’re a woman – you’re not fucking funny.’ But even just 10 years ago, no one would have talked about a cultural problem in comedy.
  • On the dealing with the harassment that women have endured in comedy in “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom: 'Ten years ago, no one talked about a cultural problem in comedy'” in The Guardian (2020 Nov 25)

• …He had always known the situation was fucked up, but it took me calling him out. I told him: ‘I’ve been pissed at you. This was terrible and it hurt me and what you did was wrong’…[he did it] because he was afraid, because he was working on a script with these guys. It was bros before hoes.
  • On confronting someone who helped other men ostracize Bloom from comedy in “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom: 'Ten years ago, no one talked about a cultural problem in comedy'” in The Guardian (2020 Nov 25)

• People can’t be creative if they feel threatened. You need people saying random weird shit without feeling their boss will yell at them. And it worked. I think there has been an awakening of compassion, since, a reckoning with privilege.
  • On wanting a nice writing room dynamic in “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Rachel Bloom: 'Ten years ago, no one talked about a cultural problem in comedy'” in The Guardian (2020 Nov 25)