Will Arnett feels his BoJack Horseman and Arrested Development characters are among the best of this century

The Ringer

Arnett tells The Ringer of playing BoJack and George Oscar “Gob” Bluth II: "There are so many people who say, 'Do you love playing the a**hole?' Of course for me, I don’t look at them as being assholes. The first character that anybody really watched me do was Gob. And Gob is not an a**hole. He’s just detached from reality. I’ve never actually said this, but if anything, you could say that he’s got a mental illness. He’s at the very least a sociopath. And he operates from a place of pure ego. Conversely, BoJack is an alcoholic and a drug addict. He’s depressive; clinically depressed. But at least he does have, ultimately, the ability (to be self-aware). With Gob, if you were to say, 'Hey Gob, time to get real,' he’d be like, (breaks into Gob’s voice) 'How could I be more real than I already am?' You know? 'Is this not real enough for you?' And he’d jump out a window or something."