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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've always loved David Letterman. There was an irreverence to his show that I remember, especially in 'Late Night' - it always seemed so fresh. "

Paul Rudd

Always

Late

Loved

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

Paul Rudd

Core

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" I know a lot about the Titanic. My dad was a Titanic expert. "

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

" 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

Concert

Grateful

" 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. "

" Fear is what makes comedy 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. "

" 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.' "

" My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

Paul Rudd

Work

Little

" 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'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood. "

Paul Rudd

Stardom

Just

" I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet. "