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" What's weird is that anybody can write anything, and once it goes online, it's permanent. My very first biography on IMDb, which was written by a manager I had at the time, was not true. "

Paul Rudd

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Weird

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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

Name

Say

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

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

" 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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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. "

" I hated 'Top Gun.' "

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

" 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. "

" I think most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Paul Rudd

Core

" 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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Feeling