Paul Rudd
As a kid, I know that most of my parents' friends were because my mom made friends with them, and my dad went along. I know a lot of dads who do that. I think it just starts to happen with guys. In the case of my father, he was probably just too busy reading books about Titanic.Collection: Dad
I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.Collection: Pet
I know a lot about the Titanic. My dad was a Titanic expert.Collection: Dad
Puberty hit me pretty hard. All of a sudden, I woke up, and I had really curly hair.
I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that.
Even more than getting married or having kids, I found losing a parent is what thrusts you into adulthood. For me it was. That was when the Earth tilted on its axis, and there was a paradigm shift, and I felt like a different person.
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.
Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work.
'Divorce Court' is a great show.
I used to live next door to a farm, so every day for awhile, I used to walk over and fed the cows, when I was in school. This was weird because I lived in sort of a subdivision, but this one holdout in our neighborhood in Kansas still had a farm.
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.
Fear is what makes comedy funny.
I hated 'Top Gun.'
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.
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.
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.
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've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.'
I treasure laughs more than anything; they've helped me in life the most.
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.
You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back.
People do still mention 'Clueless' to me. I'm proud and happy that I was in it.
Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius.
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.
It's insane but it's a great insane.
Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.
I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.
I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.
At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.
I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything.
My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.
Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.
If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious.
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.'
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.
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.
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.'
There's a lot of people I would be more than a little overwhelmed by and thrilled to work with.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
I really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look.
'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 most marriages, mine included, you're constantly tending the garden, constantly working at it.
People have all different kinds of marriages. Whatever works for you.