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" 'Anchorman' was never supposed to be a popular, like, hit movie. That movie was a cheap movie - it felt like we were working on a weird independent comedy in a way. "

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" In eighth grade, I wore a tie to school every day. I didn't own jeans. But it wasn't a granola thing, it was really more of an INXS thing. "

Paul Rudd

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" I used to love, love Steve Martin. I still do... I would get these albums, and I would just listen to them all the time. I would stand in my room and pretend that I was delivering his comedy routine... And I don't know if that planted any kind of seed, but I wasn't raised going to the theatre. "

" I went to college and studied theater; I went to a theater conservatory. I live in New York because I wanted to do plays and still do plays. "

" Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people. "

" Embarrassment and awkward situations are not foreign things to me. "

Paul Rudd

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" I'm not that nice - it's one of those things that reveals itself over time. You could talk to people who know me well; they could give you a laundry list. Except they probably wouldn't because they're petrified. "

" I hated 'Top Gun.' "

" Who knows what critics are thinking? I know that you make more of a name for yourself, make more of an interesting review, if you're kind of mean-spirited. "

" I think I used comedy as a mechanism: if I could make the other kids laugh, I wouldn't get beaten up or teased as much. "

" I laugh much more during takes than I do during real life. Maybe because you're not supposed to. I've ruined many takes because I will lose it. "

" Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency. "

" I'm surprised that I get to be in the same room with half the people that I'm working with. "

" What's weird is that anybody can write anything, and once it goes online, it's permanent. My very first biography on IMDb, which was written by a manager I had at the time, was not true. "

" I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. "

" I've always loved David Letterman. There was an irreverence to his show that I remember, especially in 'Late Night' - it always seemed so fresh. "

" Early on, I decided I would see if I could make a career work on my own terms. "

" A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a musician. "

" Growing up, I was certainly drawn to comedy, but my goal was just to be as well-rounded an actor as possible. I really liked Daniel Day-Lewis, and I thought, 'Oh, he's a good guy to try and emulate.' "

" Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method actor-y kind of way - it's just an innate kind of merging. "

" Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. "

" I used to ask my mom to try and shave my head on the sides to give me a receding hairline because Adam Ant had one. "

" There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good. "

" I've hitchhiked - it is 'hitchhiked,' and not 'hitchedhike' like 'passersby,' right? - a couple of times, but only in emergency situations, and that's really the time that it's okay to hitchhike. "

Paul Rudd

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Time

" I wasn't one of those kids who was like, 'I want to be an actor.' It wasn't in my wheelhouse at all. I wasn't from a family that did this or in a place where people did this. "

" Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work. "

" I think most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it. "

" At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. "

Paul Rudd

Core

" I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk. "

" People have all different kinds of marriages. Whatever works for you. "

" I really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look. "

Paul Rudd

Ant

Adam