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" I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that. "
Paul Rudd
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" My sister was born a couple years after I was, and I realized that I wasn't getting enough attention, as much attention as I used to before she showed up, and then I learned pretty early on that if I could do a silly dance or make grown-ups laugh, then the attention would come back to me, and I would be accepted. "
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" You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back. "
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" 'Ant-Man' was a genre, I guess, that I hadn't really tackled before. "
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" I hated 'Top Gun.' "
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" I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.' "
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Wet
Friends
" 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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Try
Sides
" My wife is very stealth-funny. She'll come out with something when I'm not expecting it, and it'll just kill me. "
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" I grew up in the Midwest, where people seem to be friendly and nice to one another. There is less stress than in some of the other cities. "
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" All I really wanted to be was a working actor. "
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" The truth is, there are so many terrific places in New York because it's the greatest city in the world, and there are so many fascinating places to see that, frankly, it's humbling. "
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World
Truth Is
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" My parents raised me to treat people the way you would want to be treated and to be polite. Sometimes, when I get nervous or insecure, I might overcompensate and might not be totally true to what I am feeling inside. But I get nervous and maybe too smiley and polite. "
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" Even more than getting married or having kids, I found losing a parent is what thrusts you into adulthood. For me it was. That was when the Earth tilted on its axis, and there was a paradigm shift, and I felt like a different person. "
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Earth
Me
Parent
" 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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Comedy
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" For a while, I tried to masquerade as somewhat of a hippie because I was under the impression that was the kind of guy girls would like. I was pretty unsuccessful because I liked the idea of camping more than actually camping. I did go to a Grateful Dead concert, but I was pretty bored. "
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Go
Concert
Grateful
" I don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously. "
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Situations
Funny
Find
" 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. "
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You
Laugh
Life
" I treasure laughs more than anything; they've helped me in life the most. "
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Treasure
More
Life
" At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. "
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Core
" Anything traumatic in my life I've always dealt with through jokes and comedy. "
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Jokes
Life
My Life
" 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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Trip
Car
Going
" My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago. "
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Years
Few
Father
" 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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You
Star
Show
" I am so appreciative I have been able to continue not only doing something I love, but working on movies I've loved. "
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Love
I Am
Doing
" Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his. "
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Quarterback
Fan
Winner
" 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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College
Live
New
" I try not to think of myself in any category, and I don't ever really try to imagine myself competing with another actor. I just know I want to do the things that I would want to see, and I know the things that turn me on, whether it's on the stage, or it's a play or a film. I just kind of want to keep doing my own thing. "
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Me
" I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all that much. "
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Kind
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" I think there's something kind of good about growing up in a place you know is not the cool place to be. I think it's good for your head. "
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Growing Up
Cool
Good
" Sometimes I think I'm funny. But then sometimes I see myself, and I think, 'There's somebody trying to be funny.' "
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Sometimes
Myself
Funny
" 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. "
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Kids
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Think