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" 'Cannonball Run II' - you watch that, and it looks like they're having a good time, but it's not necessarily a masterpiece. "
Paul Rust
Run
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You
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" I remember watching Quentin Tarantino accept an Academy Award for screenwriting for 'Pulp Fiction.' If I'd known then that 15 years later one of his movies would again be nominated for an Oscar and I'd be in it - that would be pretty crazy. "
Paul Rust
Accept
Remember
Movies
" Being sincere and true to yourself is a scary thing but, ultimately, a rewarding one. "
Paul Rust
True
Sincere
Yourself
" The thing I always liked about 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' was Pee-wee's, obviously, an oddball, but nobody in that universe points a finger at him and goes, 'Look at the weirdo!' I think that's why weirdo, arty kids like it so much: because it's sort of like a utopia. "
Paul Rust
Universe
Adventure
Look
" I want to give every single character the dimensions and complexity of a main character. "
Paul Rust
Character
Single
Complexity
" 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. "
Paul Rust
Work
Day
Every Day
" 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. "
Paul Rust
Myself
Place
Way
" Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films. "
Paul Rust
Films
High
Around
" With so much of what I write, I'm just constantly wondering out loud, 'Do other people feel this way?' "
Paul Rust
Just
Write
Way
" I don't believe in love at first sight. "
Paul Rust
Love
Believe
First
" 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 always liked the 'Mad Men' philosophy where people don't really change. "
Paul Rust
Mad
Philosophy
Change
" My sweet spot, the stuff I like the most, is hopeful melancholy. Optimistic melancholy. "
Paul Rust
Hopeful
Sweet
Most
" I want to be liked. Everybody wants to be liked. "
Paul Rust
Everybody
Wants
Liked
" Judd Apatow and Paul Reubens are two people who I'd be more than happy to learn from because I think they're geniuses at what they do. "
Paul Rust
Happy
Learn
Two People
" I watched 'Freaks and Geeks,' and I was like, 'Oh, if you write about your own personal experiences, and if you're specific about it both in what happened and how you felt about it, it can make for scenes that are really compelling.' For the rest of college, I was basically ripping off 'Freaks and Geeks' with plays I wrote and stuff like that. "
Paul Rust
College
Like
Own
" I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness quality is lost. "
Paul Rust
Think
Rely
Try
" Certainly on a date, I've been over-focused on, 'Is this person comfortable or not?' and then deciding for them that they are not comfortable and I will help them, which is death for a first date. "
Paul Rust
Help
Comfortable
Will
" I come from standup and improv. "
Paul Rust
Improv
Come
Standup
" Love takes a lot of work. "
Paul Rust
Work
Takes
Lot
" 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?' "
Paul Rust
Like
Comedy
You
" It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies. "
Paul Rust
Blood
Know
Me
" The thing that I like about Pee-wee is it can exist on the level of midnight college cult movies that the hip kids are into and, at the same time, it could be something a kid and his family watch together. Being able to straddle both lines of being subversive and, at the same time, very inclusive - I love that about the character. "
Paul Rust
Family
Time
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? "
Paul Rust
Mean
Problems
Myself
" I don't really like the term 'honest.' "
Paul Rust
Term
Really
Like
" Things are constantly in flux and changing, and as crazy-making as that can be, it's also the thing that can get you through tough times - 'Well, things change.' "
Paul Rust
Tough Times
Tough
Through
" With Quentin Tarantino, he makes movies imagining himself as the audience. To be specific and true to what he wants resonates to people who like his movies. "
Paul Rust
Movies
True
Audience
" 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
" Conflict comes from a person's own actions, not what someone else does to them. "
Paul Rust
Person
Conflict
Someone
" 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
" In high school, I was crazy in love, and I would make handmade construction paper valentines every month for our monthly anniversaries. Then I'd go early in the morning and tape one to her car. It sounds sweet, but let's be honest: it was a little weird. I was probably crossing some lines. "
Paul Rust
School
Sweet
Car