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Paul Rudd
American
Actor
Born:
Apr 6
,
1969
Comedy
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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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.
Paul Rudd
Happy
Made
Long
Looking
Looking Back
Single
Gone
Every
Back
Way
About
More
Fact
Could
Long Way
Know
Knows
Single Thing
Goes
Done
Maybe
Just
Intentions
Really
Successful
Choices
Who
Ever
Right
Thing
Career
Every Single Thing
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.
Paul Rudd
Today
Good
You
Tomorrow
Live
Think
Unknowable
Way
Out
Find
Something
Good Way
Idea
Like
Forces
Doing
Very
Going
Might
Moment
I love straight guys that seem gay. I'm a little like that.
Paul Rudd
Love
Gay
Seem
Guys
Like
Little
Straight
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.
Paul Rudd
Life
Me
Humor
Important
Else
Everything
Everything Else
Only
Most
Most Important Thing
Deal
Important Thing
The Most Important
The Only Thing
Helps
Thing
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.
Paul Rudd
Mom
Me
Try
Sides
Give
Give Me
Had
Head
Shave
Because
Ant
Ask
Used
Receding
Adam
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.
Paul Rudd
Funny
Mistake
Car
Thought
Once
Laugh
Out
Crowded
Through
Make
Very
Where
Places
Moving
Really
Phase
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.
Paul Rudd
Life
My Life
Big
Not Talking
Tea
About
Hot
Talking
Always
Nonsense
Been
Any
Tips
Big Thing
Lemon
Milk
Thing
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.
Paul Rudd
Feeling
Kind
Insecure
Inside
Totally
About
Something
Gives
Smiles
Politeness
How
Up
Reflective
Get
Maybe
Different
Sensibility
Notch
Midwest
Different Kind
Growing
Growing Up
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.
Paul Rudd
You
Car
Trip
Myriad
No-One
Road
Snacks
Get
Going
Anybody
Want
Really
Fear is what makes comedy funny.
Paul Rudd
Funny
Fear
Comedy
Makes
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.'
Paul Rudd
Video Games
Game
Marriage
Trouble
Move On
Madden
Tend
Lifelong
Songs
Obsessed
Long-Term
Stuff
Like
Because
Get
Roles
Move
Afraid
Video
Then
Games
Why
Things
I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.
Paul Rudd
Good
Great
Small
Small Talk
Talk
Any
Really
'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.
Paul Rudd
Comedy
Way
Independent
Never
Cheap
Weird
Like
Supposed
Felt
Were
Hit
Movie
Working
Popular
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.
Paul Rudd
Life
Character
Real Life
Whatever
Own
Way
Kind
Slowly
My Own
Tends
Bleed
Merging
Real
Method
Any
Just
Working
Innate
Playing
Creepy
It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way.
Paul Rudd
You
Somebody
Way
Absolutely
Judgmental
Get
Any
Often
Cynicism
Play
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.
Paul Rudd
Me
You
People
Treat
Sometimes
Nervous
Parents
Feeling
Too
Way
Insecure
Would
Inside
Totally
True
Smiley
Polite
Am
Get
Maybe
Want
Might
Raised
Treated
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.
Paul Rudd
Myself
You
Job
Active
Approach
Magazines
Taken
Making
Blockbuster
Been
Up
Very
Get
Just
Happier
Much
Show
Star
Specific
Thing
Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.
Paul Rudd
Enriching
Thrilling
Most
Theater
Actor
Thing
I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
Paul Rudd
Approval
Had
Sure
Wanting
Actor
Need
Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything.
Paul Rudd
Nothing
Everything
Anguish
Behind
Ever
My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago.
Paul Rudd
Life
Father
Parents
Few
Married
Until
Passed
Were
Years
Years Ago
Whole
Away
If someone made fun of me, I'd be bummed out. But I'd play it like I thought it was hilarious.
Paul Rudd
Me
Thought
Made
Hilarious
Out
Someone
Like
Bummed
Fun
Play
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.
Paul Rudd
Family
People
Those
Kids
Like
Did
Where
Want
Place
Who
Actor
There's a lot of people I would be more than a little overwhelmed by and thrilled to work with.
Paul Rudd
Work
People
Would
Would-Be
More
Thrilled
Lot
Overwhelmed
Than
Little
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.
Paul Rudd
Parents
Christian
Think
Religious
Born
Had
Outsider
New
Like
Particularly
Also
Schools
Catholic
Because
Felt
Always
Norm
Which
British
Jewish
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.
Paul Rudd
Time
Okay
Emergency
Only
Like
Couple
Times
Situations
Really
Right
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