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" Anything traumatic in my life I've always dealt with through jokes and comedy. "
Paul Rudd
Jokes
Life
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" There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster. "
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" I would say, up until 'Anchorman,' I wasn't any kind of household name or anything, but I wasn't necessarily identified as much with being a comedian. "
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" As a kid, I know that most of my parents' friends were because my mom made friends with them, and my dad went along. I know a lot of dads who do that. I think it just starts to happen with guys. In the case of my father, he was probably just too busy reading books about Titanic. "
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" 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. "
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" Anybody that's going on a road trip and doesn't really want to get into a myriad of snacks is probably no one you want to get in the car with. "
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" My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago. "
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" Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. "
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" Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife. "
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" 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. "
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" I can talk about sports and stuff, but I have a season pass for 'Antiques Roadshow' on my TiVo. "
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" 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. "
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" I love attempting to play real people. I like to try and have dramatic moments as well as comedic moments, and my favorite thing is when those two lines are blurred. "
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" I do like the idea that tomorrow I might find out that I'm going to be doing something that is completely unknowable today. I think it forces you to live in the moment in a very good way. "
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" People do still mention 'Clueless' to me. I'm proud and happy that I was in it. "
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" To me, some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise, some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies. "
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" I went through a phase where I thought it was really funny to make pratfalls in very crowded places. I jumped out of a moving car once, for a laugh. That was a mistake. "
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" Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius. "
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" I don't have an agenda where I do a comedy and say, 'I have to do a drama next,' or 'I am looking for an action movie now.' "
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" While there are so many great things in my life, you get older, and you have responsibilities. And things happen, like my dad dying - things that are tough to shake off. And there are things I'm still trying to figure out. "
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