Puberty hit me pretty hard. All of a sudden, I woke up, and I had really curly hair.
Paul Rudd
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.
My parents raised me to treat people the way you would want to be treated and to be polite. Sometimes, when I get nervous or insecure, I might overcompensate and might not be totally true to what I am feeling inside. But I get nervous and maybe too smiley and polite.
I treasure laughs more than anything; they've helped me in life the most.
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.
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.
'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.
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 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.
I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
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 think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.
I went through a phase where I thought it was really funny to make pratfalls in very crowded places. I jumped out of a moving car once, for a laugh. That was a mistake.
It's insane but it's a great insane.
I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.'
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.
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.
I know a lot about the Titanic. My dad was a Titanic expert.
I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that.
You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back.
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'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.
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.
Embarrassment and awkward situations are not foreign things to me.
Anything traumatic in my life I've always dealt with through jokes and comedy.
'Divorce Court' is a great show.
Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work.
It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way.
Comedy-wise, I think Chris Elliott is one of the funniest people.
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.
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 really tried for a while to go with the Adam Ant look.
I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes.
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 don't find the characters I've played funny. The characters are actually taking their situations very seriously.
Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.
Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris - they're both genius.
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've always loved David Letterman. There was an irreverence to his show that I remember, especially in 'Late Night' - it always seemed so fresh.
Fear is what makes comedy funny.
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.
My wife is very stealth-funny. She'll come out with something when I'm not expecting it, and it'll just kill me.
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.
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.
There is a major part of who I am that does not feel like the alpha male.
I am so appreciative I have been able to continue not only doing something I love, but working on movies I've loved.
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.
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.
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.
Kiss is a super - they are total businessmen. They pride themselves on it.
