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.
— Paul Rudd
Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 always try and hold to that saying, 'I want to work on things I'd want to see.' The vast majority, that's been true.
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.
I think most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it.
Puberty hit me pretty hard. All of a sudden, I woke up, and I had really curly hair.
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.
I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly religious, but I was born Jewish, and I always felt like the outsider because I wasn't Christian or Catholic.
I treasure laughs more than anything; they've helped me in life the most.
I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.
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.'
If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
I don't have an agenda where I do a comedy and say, 'I have to do a drama next,' or 'I am looking for an action movie now.'
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.
I know a lot about the Titanic. My dad was a Titanic expert.
I really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
Sometimes I think I'm funny. But then sometimes I see myself, and I think, 'There's somebody trying to be funny.'
Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.
I find many of the people that I've worked with to be incredibly funny.
There are so many really good comedians, and I would never be as good as they are. It's not my calling.
There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good.
I do like the idea that tomorrow I might find out that I'm going to be doing something that is completely unknowable today. I think it forces you to live in the moment in a very good way.
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.
You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back.
I am so appreciative I have been able to continue not only doing something I love, but working on movies I've loved.
I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.'
People have all different kinds of marriages. Whatever works for you.
'Anchorman' was never supposed to be a popular, like, hit movie. That movie was a cheap movie - it felt like we were working on a weird independent comedy in a way.
I think there's something kind of good about growing up in a place you know is not the cool place to be. I think it's good for your head.
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.
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.
I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that.
Fear is what makes comedy funny.
