Paul Rudd Quotes Page 2

“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.”

“I'm a big fan of not working.”

“I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.”

“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.”

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

“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've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.”

“I've hitchhiked – it is 'hitchhiked,' and not 'hitchedhike' like 'passersby,' right? – a couple of times, but only in emergency situations, and that's really the time that it's okay to hitchhike.”

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

“In eighth grade, I wore a tie to school every day. I didn't own jeans. But it wasn't a granola thing, it was really more of an INXS thing.”

“It's insane but it's a great insane.”

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

“Looking back, I'm really happy with the choices I've made in my career. I know for a fact I could be wealthier. Who knows, maybe I could be more successful, maybe not. I don't know. But just about every single thing I've ever done I've gone into with the right intentions, and that goes a long way.”

“My bar mitzvah, I went to my nan's, and she made kugel.”

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

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

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

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

“Puberty hit me pretty hard. All of a sudden, I woke up, and I had really curly hair.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of creepy, Method actor-y kind of way – it's just an innate kind of merging.”

“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.”

“Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.”

“You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back.”