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" There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good. "
Paul Rudd
Living
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Good
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" I can talk about sports and stuff, but I have a season pass for 'Antiques Roadshow' on my TiVo. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk. "
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" 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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" I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that. "
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" People have all different kinds of marriages. Whatever works for you. "
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" I find many of the people that I've worked with to be incredibly funny. "
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" I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.' "
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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. "
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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. "
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" Growing up, I was certainly drawn to comedy, but my goal was just to be as well-rounded an actor as possible. I really liked Daniel Day-Lewis, and I thought, 'Oh, he's a good guy to try and emulate.' "
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Comedy
Good
" My bar mitzvah, I went to my nan's, and she made kugel. "
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" 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. "
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Time
Theatre
Know
" I used to ask my mom to try and shave my head on the sides to give me a receding hairline because Adam Ant had one. "
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Head
Try
Sides
" 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. "
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Life
" It's insane but it's a great insane. "
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Insane
Great
" To me, some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise, some of the most dramatic films, or films that have the most dramatic moments, are in comedies. "
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Movies
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" It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way. "
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Play
You
Way
" People do still mention 'Clueless' to me. I'm proud and happy that I was in it. "
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Mention
Me
Happy
" 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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Always
Late
Loved
" 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. "
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" I'm a big fan of not working. "
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" I love attempting to play real people. I like to try and have dramatic moments as well as comedic moments, and my favorite thing is when those two lines are blurred. "
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Love
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" 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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Great
Life
" 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
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" I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. "
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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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" I'm, uh, not proud to say it - I play fantasy baseball. It's, like, the dorkiest thing ever. "
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" Awkwardness is such a gold mine for comedy. "
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