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" A lot of the time, a comedy script is just dialogue, and that's the main thing you have to worry about. "
Paul Rust
Time
Just
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" I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an audience. "
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" It's such a thrill in a relationship to be able to collaborate creatively. It's very romantic, and I like it. "
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" Love takes a lot of work. "
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" In real life, there are some times where a partner has cheated on somebody, and that person never found out about it. I have to imagine that that's happened before. It's a thing we don't really want to think about, because it's maybe the most painful thing to think about in a relationship - 'What if I've been cheated on and never knew?' "
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" If you watch most of the stuff on TV and in movies, it's usually put-down humor. It's like somebody being mean or cynical or thoughtless to another person. I never wanted to be that type of comedian. "
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" At one point, I just decided that it might be more creatively rewarding to put my time into writing on stuff that I could really be proud of rather than trying to get a one-episode part on 'Modern Family' or something. "
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Family
Proud
Writing
" I grew up in Le Mars, Iowa, and even though it's a great place to grow up and be raised as a kid, there wasn't a lot to do. It was fairly boring, and I think the way I either escaped the boredom or found a way to keep myself occupied was through movies and TV shows. "
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Place
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" It's a lot of people's goal to be the lead in a movie, and that was never my goal. I just wanted to be the third banana in an ensemble comedy. "
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Never
People
Comedy
" Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films. "
Paul Rust
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High
Around
" Every day, I thanked my lucky stars that I got to work with Gillian Jacobs, who is such an amazing actor and brings so much depth to everything that we do. "
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Work
Day
Every Day
" It's funny; before I started writing professionally, I had a job logging video footage for behind-the-scenes footage for special features. "
Paul Rust
Writing
Funny
Job
" I've noticed, as a comedy fan, that I really like Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino because when they're funny, they're actually funny. It's not like when other dramatic writers have comedy, and I'm just like, 'Well, that's not funny. Why are you even trying to make a joke here?' "
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Like
Comedy
You
" I'm married now, but I fell in love with my wife because she was talented. Talent - it's the big one. "
Paul Rust
Big
Talent
She
" Some people have interpreted the title of the show - 'Love' - as ironic. For me, it's sincere. The idea that we have to agree with love is a genuine statement about love. "
Paul Rust
Some People
People
Love
" I'm not the first person to talk about this, but L.A. is just sort of a weird city because it's just a bunch of little towns put together under the umbrella of L.A. So people feel disconnected from each other and far apart, and in a relationship, that can also be a thing. "
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Together
Relationship
People
" It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies. "
Paul Rust
Blood
Know
Me
" I was such a fan of Quentin's growing up. I remembered I wanted to see 'Pulp Fiction' so badly, but my mom had seen it, and even though she loved it, she just thought it wasn't appropriate for a 13-year-old. "
Paul Rust
Up
She
Mom
" I was going to go to a midnight screening of 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' in college, and it's the sort of thing where people dress up. So I got dressed up, and then I got lost. I was speeding, and a cop pulled me over while I was wearing a Pee-wee suit. That's a hard ticket to get out of. "
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Me
Dress
People
" I come from standup and improv. "
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Improv
Come
Standup
" Me and my comedy writer friends talk a lot about how we love 'Die Hard,' but we'll never be able to write 'Die Hard.' "
Paul Rust
Die
Love
Friends
" The first three times we met, I don't think I remembered anything. I was just in this daze like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm sitting here with Paul Reubens.' And I kept almost calling him Pee-wee. "
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Think
Sitting
Remembered
" I don't believe in love at first sight. "
Paul Rust
Love
Believe
First
" In real life, a relationship takes a long time. Either somebody is involved with somebody else, and that's ending, or somebody's hung up on an ex, or your job isn't going right, and so you're focused more on that than relationships. It just takes a lot for two people to get together. "
Paul Rust
Life
Time
Together
" I want to be liked. Everybody wants to be liked. "
Paul Rust
Everybody
Wants
Liked
" The Magic Castle is not a place that people know nationally, but as soon as you move to L.A., you hear people talk about it. "
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Magic
You
Talk
" Writing on 'Love' is so steeped in self-analysis. The writer's room can feel like therapy. "
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Writing
Love Is
Love
" If I'm not emotionally stable, should I put myself in a relationship? Because wouldn't that mean that I'm just using it as a distraction from my problems? "
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Mean
Problems
Myself
" Being sincere and true to yourself is a scary thing but, ultimately, a rewarding one. "
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True
Sincere
Yourself
" I grew up loving Pee-wee Herman. I was obsessed. I was the kid at school who everyone knew was obsessed with Pee-Wee. "
Paul Rust
Who
Loving
School
" It's been a challenge for me my whole life in that my insides don't necessarily match my outsides... People try to strike up a conversation with me about Dungeons & Dragons or comic books, and I'm like, 'I can't. I'm sorry.' "
Paul Rust
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Sorry
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