Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I remember doing this little physical gesture of holding up my foot and having my foot wave around while I held my ankle. It got a big laugh, and when people started laughing, it dumped some chemicals on my brain. It just felt so good. "

Related Quotes:

" 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 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

She

Mom

" I wrote on the fourth season of 'Arrested Development.' "

" It's tough - and I'm not the first person to say this - but cliches exist because they actually happen in real life. "

" I always liked the 'Mad Men' philosophy where people don't really change. "

" 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. "

" 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

Sorry

People

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in Iowa, so I would go hunting. I took a hunter's safety course in eighth grade to get extra credit in school. "

Paul Rust

Hunting

Credit

" The first text I ever got was somebody breaking plans on a first date. That was, like, the worst way to be introduced to a new technology is with rejection. "

" I want to be liked. Everybody wants to be liked. "

" A lot of the time, a comedy script is just dialogue, and that's the main thing you have to worry about. "

" I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. "

" I would never turn down an invitation to co-write another Pee-wee Herman movie! "

" 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.' "

" Scott Aukerman and Judd Apatow are two people who I owe a lot to, and it's always great to work with Scott whenever I can. "

" 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.' "

" Conflict comes from a person's own actions, not what someone else does to them. "

" I grew up loving Pee-wee Herman. I was obsessed. I was the kid at school who everyone knew was obsessed with Pee-Wee. "

" My sweet spot, the stuff I like the most, is hopeful melancholy. Optimistic melancholy. "

" 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. "

" 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

Comedy

You

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Most relationships probably start with people going, 'Meh, it's probably best not to be embarking in this relationship.' We do it, though, because our brains are wired to make babies or whatever. "

" 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. "

" It's such a thrill in a relationship to be able to collaborate creatively. It's very romantic, and I like it. "

Paul Rust

Thrill

Relationship

" Love takes a lot of work. "

" Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films. "