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" 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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" 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. "

Paul Rudd

Growing Up

Cool

Good

" 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. "

" I grew up in a lot of different places, mostly in Kansas, I really started thinking seriously about acting in high school; I just did it better than most of the other activities in school. "

" '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. "

" I think Ellen DeGeneres is just hysterical. "

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

" 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

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

" Early on, I decided I would see if I could make a career work on my own terms. "

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

" I wasn't one of those kids who was like, 'I want to be an actor.' It wasn't in my wheelhouse at all. I wasn't from a family that did this or in a place where people did this. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People have all different kinds of marriages. Whatever works for you. "

" Kiss is a super - they are total businessmen. They pride themselves on it. "

" Sometimes I think I'm funny. But then sometimes I see myself, and I think, 'There's somebody trying to be funny.' "

" 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. "

" Personally - and I don't mean to brag - my jokes have been falling flat for most of my life. "

" I don't feel like a dork, but I certainly have many moments of nerdism, and I embrace it wholeheartedly. I've always cottoned to that crowd more, anyway. "

" 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. "

" Fear is what makes comedy funny. "

" 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. "

Paul Rudd

Earth

Parent

" I can talk about sports and stuff, but I have a season pass for 'Antiques Roadshow' on my TiVo. "

" At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. "

Paul Rudd

Core

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work. "