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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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" 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

" Fear is what makes comedy funny. "

" I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. "

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

Paul Rudd

Gay

Seem

" All I really wanted to be was a working actor. "

" I'm, uh, not proud to say it - I play fantasy baseball. It's, like, the dorkiest thing ever. "

" If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious. "

" 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. "

" Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Paul Rudd

Concert

Grateful

" 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. "

" Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency. "

" I have trouble with long-term things. I tend to get obsessed with stuff and then move on. Roles, songs, video games. That's why I was afraid of marriage. Because it was like a lifelong game of 'Madden.' "

" Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his. "

" It's insane but it's a great insane. "

Paul Rudd

Insane

Great

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

" 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. "

" I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.' "

" 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. "

" I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk. "

" A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a musician. "

" People do still mention 'Clueless' to me. I'm proud and happy that I was in it. "

Paul Rudd

Mention

Happy

" Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. "

" Anything traumatic in my life I've always dealt with through jokes and comedy. "

" 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. "

" It's nice to be in anything that anybody sees or likes. If it's something that has lasted, it's great. "

" As a kid, I know that most of my parents' friends were because my mom made friends with them, and my dad went along. I know a lot of dads who do that. I think it just starts to happen with guys. In the case of my father, he was probably just too busy reading books about Titanic. "

" Tea has always been a big thing in my life. And I'm not talking about Liptons with lemon or iced tea, or any of that nonsense. Has to be hot PG Tips with milk. "