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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. "
Paul Rudd
College
Live
New
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" I was never much into knights and sorcery and that kind of thing. It's not because I was into anything cooler. I certainly wasn't. I played with LEGOs. I played with LEGOs way past when most people played with LEGOs. "
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" 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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" Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything. "
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" All I really wanted to be was a working actor. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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Fan
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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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" 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'm not that nice - it's one of those things that reveals itself over time. You could talk to people who know me well; they could give you a laundry list. Except they probably wouldn't because they're petrified. "
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People
Know
Nice
" 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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Thinking
Name
Yourself
" 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. "
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Kind
Character
" 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. "
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Always
Saying
" I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood. "
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Just
" When I was in my early twenties, I used to grow all sorts of very weird beards. All of them awful in retrospect. I had Civil War beards for a while, then Mennonite beards. "
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Weird
Civil War
Early
" 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
" 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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People
You
Treat
" If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious. "
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Fun
Thought
Someone
" To try and sustain a performance is always a challenge. Anything you work on, to try and be real and show up and not look as if I'm playing pat to anything is always work. "
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Performance
Look
You
" 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. "
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Growing
Up
Feeling
" Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people. "
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People
Funniest
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Insane
Great
" 'Anchorman' was never supposed to be a popular, like, hit movie. That movie was a cheap movie - it felt like we were working on a weird independent comedy in a way. "
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Way
Never
Independent
" I think that I identify with my role in pretty much everything I have tried to do. I try to find something that I can understand about each character's behavior. "
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Understand
Character
Think
" I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. "
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Actor
Sure
Need
" 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
Truth
" In eighth grade, I wore a tie to school every day. I didn't own jeans. But it wasn't a granola thing, it was really more of an INXS thing. "
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Jeans
Day
Every Day
" My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago. "
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Years
Few
Father
" Growing up, if I had been given any advice - bad or good - I probably wouldn't have been able to act on it regardless. I wasn't shy, but I'd get nervous. I got a little more confident later in high school when I realized I could get girls to pay attention to me by making them laugh. "
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Growing Up
High School
School
" 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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Trying
Great
Life