Josh (Talks about what he hope to accomplish over the course of his career): I used to think a lot about that and oddly I think about that less and less. I just want to keep doing what I feel called to do," he responds. "I'd like to write a novel one day. I don't want to ever stray too far from the theater. It's where I came from and it's really the thing I feel like I do best. When I moved out to LA, I made a bargain with myself that I would do a play a year so I could hold on to my soul. I've stayed on that schedule so far.
Josh (Talks about his family and his beginning on acting): There are no actors in my family or even in my town. I just started acting in high school and it immediately felt like something I never wanted to stop doing. I got bit by the bug. It's the classic tale. They were, but in a very measured way at first. They didn't want me to go to an acting conservatory. They wanted me to get a liberal arts degree in college, which I did, but I ended up being a drama major. Right after college I went to NYU to get my M.F.A. in acting. Then I just started working right after that.
Josh (Talks about what people don't know about one of his cast mates): That Jason Segel, who plays Marshall, is a great singer-songwriter. That's pretty cool, right? There's an episode where he sang half his dialogue and that was all his stuff. We still sing those songs, because they were actually pretty catchy.
Josh (Reflects on why his series How I Met Your Mother has succeeded and has been able to hold onto it): I dunno, maybe because they promoted the hell out of it? (Laughs) No, I think it's because it's about young people but it doesn't sound like it was written by 55-year-olds. Thirty-year-old guys created the show, so it feels pretty authentic. And it's not one of those shows that's ironic or cynical we have that element, where its sincerity is tempered by the Barney character, Neil Patrick Harris but for the most part this show wears its heart on its sleeve in a really nice way, not an overly sentimental one. These are characters who really care about something, versus making "joke-joke-joke-joke."
Josh (Talks about the themes of How I Met your Mother): It's a great gender reversal, (Radnor says) because the guys are sensitive and ready to commit while the girls are tough, especially Robin. She's ostensibly not looking for a relationship, but she might be turning the corner.
Josh likes watching The Office and is friends with Mindy Kaling who writes for it.
Josh is fascinated by the world of politics.
Josh grew up in Bexley, Ohio and attended Bexley High School.
Josh appear in an article named Just Joshin on TV Guide: USA in 7 August 2006 by Kate Hahn.
Josh made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the stage version of The Graduate (1967) starring opposite Kathleen Turner.
Josh's father is a trial attorney and his mother is a high school guidance counselor.
Josh is Jewish-American.
Josh currently lives in Los Angeles.
Josh's first big screen role was in Not Another Teen Movie as a tour guide.
Josh took over Jason Biggs' role in Broadway's The Graduate, opposite Alicia Silverstone.
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