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" I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly religious, but I was born Jewish, and I always felt like the outsider because I wasn't Christian or Catholic. "

Paul Rudd

Think

Born

Christian

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Paul Rudd

Core

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

" There is something about growing up in the Midwest that gives a different kind of sensibility. But if I'm feeling insecure, the smiles and politeness get upped a notch, and maybe that isn't totally reflective of how I'm feeling on the inside. "

Paul Rudd

Growing

Feeling

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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've been naked in a lot of my movies. There's something inherently funny about the naked male body, particularly mine. "

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" I think Ellen DeGeneres is just hysterical. "

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

" My bar mitzvah, I went to my nan's, and she made kugel. "

" I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that. "

Paul Rudd

Gay

Seem

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Paul Rudd

Embarrassment

Awkward

" 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. "

Paul Rudd

Myself

Doing

" I find many of the people that I've worked with to be incredibly funny. "

" Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else, and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else. "

Paul Rudd

Everything

Life

" 'Ant-Man' was a genre, I guess, that I hadn't really tackled before. "

" I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood. "

Paul Rudd

Stardom

Just

" I always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true. "