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" 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. "

Paul Rudd

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Paul Rudd

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

" 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. "

" My definitions of comedy, drama, and straight man are all blurry for me. I don't think of it in those terms. "

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

" My wife is very stealth-funny. She'll come out with something when I'm not expecting it, and it'll just kill me. "

" There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when I got out of school and started reading scripts - the really smart, character-driven stuff tends to be smaller films, and they just don't get made. "

" There's a lot of people I would be more than a little overwhelmed by and thrilled to work with. "

Paul Rudd

Work

Little

" I grew up in the Midwest, where people seem to be friendly and nice to one another. There is less stress than in some of the other cities. "

Paul Rudd

Stress

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" 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

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

" Sometimes you read a script, and it's like, 'You'll improv, and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be,' and that's never a good sign. And it's never encouraging as an actor to take that on, really. "

Paul Rudd

You

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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. "

" I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I'd like to do something dramatic or a different kind of role, but I tend not to separate comedy and drama all that much. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

Paul Rudd

Insane

Great

" 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. "

" It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way. "

" 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. "

Paul Rudd

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" Anybody that's going on a road trip and doesn't really want to get into a myriad of snacks is probably no one you want to get in the car with. "

" 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

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