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Paul Rudd
American
Actor
Born:
Apr 6
,
1969
Comedy
Life
Me
People
Think
You
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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.
Paul Rudd
Good
You
Think
Kind
About
Something
Something Kind
Head
Know
Up
Place
Your
Cool
Growing
Growing Up
I've been friends with Elizabeth Banks since 'Wet Hot American Summer.'
Paul Rudd
Summer
Hot
Since
Been
Friends
Wet
American
Banks
Elizabeth
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.'
Paul Rudd
Comedy
Looking
Action
Drama
Say
Am
Where
Movie
Agenda
Next
Action Movie
Now
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.
Paul Rudd
Work
Saying
Try
See
Vast
Vast Majority
True
Majority
Always
Been
Want
Hold
Things
I am so appreciative I have been able to continue not only doing something I love, but working on movies I've loved.
Paul Rudd
Love
Appreciative
Able
Something
Only
Am
Doing
Continue
Been
Loved
Movies
Working
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.
Paul Rudd
Comedy
Drama
Dramatic
Kind
Something
Tend
Like
Role
Different
Different Kind
Much
Separate
You can make a lot of mistakes with hair because it grows back.
Paul Rudd
You
Hair
Mistakes
Back
Make
Because
Lot
Grows
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.
Paul Rudd
Best
Me
Wife
Laugh
David
He
Annoyance
Makes
Continually
His
Huge
Friends
Just
Fan
Much
Now
There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good.
Paul Rudd
Good
Great
Healthy
Living
About
Something
Idea
Land
Working
There are so many really good comedians, and I would never be as good as they are. It's not my calling.
Paul Rudd
Good
Would
Never
Comedians
Calling
Really
Many
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.
Paul Rudd
You
People
Say
Worst
Musician
People Say
About
Part
Lot
Being
Actor
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
College
Live
Conservatory
Studied
New
Because
Still
York
New York
Wanted
Theater
Plays
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.
Paul Rudd
Me
Dance
Before
Sister
Enough
Back
Laugh
Would
Would-Be
Born
Pretty
Silly
Could
Attention
Come
Couple
Couple Years
She
Make
Learned
Accepted
Years
Up
Getting
After
Realized
Then
If I Could
Much
Much Attention
Used
Grown-Ups
Early
All I really wanted to be was a working actor.
Paul Rudd
Wanted
Really
Working
Working Actor
Actor
Anything traumatic in my life I've always dealt with through jokes and comedy.
Paul Rudd
Life
Jokes
Comedy
My Life
Through
Always
Dealt
Anything
Traumatic
My wife is very stealth-funny. She'll come out with something when I'm not expecting it, and it'll just kill me.
Paul Rudd
Me
Wife
Out
Something
Come
She
Very
Expecting
Just
Kiss is a super - they are total businessmen. They pride themselves on it.
Paul Rudd
Pride
Kiss
Super
Total
Themselves
Businessmen
My bar mitzvah, I went to my nan's, and she made kugel.
Paul Rudd
Made
She
Mitzvah
Bar
Bar Mitzvah
Awkwardness is such a gold mine for comedy.
Paul Rudd
Comedy
Mine
Gold
Awkwardness
Early on, I decided I would see if I could make a career work on my own terms.
Paul Rudd
Work
Own
Would
See
My Own
Could
Terms
Make
Decided
If I Could
Early
Career
I'm surprised that I get to be in the same room with half the people that I'm working with.
Paul Rudd
People
Half
Surprised
Get
Same
Room
Working
'Divorce Court' is a great show.
Paul Rudd
Great
Divorce
Great Show
Court
Show
Personally - and I don't mean to brag - my jokes have been falling flat for most of my life.
Paul Rudd
Life
Jokes
My Life
Most
Falling
Been
Brag
Flat
Mean
Personally
I hated 'Top Gun.'
Paul Rudd
Gun
Top
Hated
There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when I got out of school and started reading scripts - the really smart, character-driven stuff tends to be smaller films, and they just don't get made.
Paul Rudd
Great
Problem
School
Smart
Made
Reading
Films
Out
Tends
Writers
Smaller
Stuff
Felt
Always
Got
Get
Just
Scripts
Really
Many
Even
Actually
Started
Started Reading
It's nice to be in anything that anybody sees or likes. If it's something that has lasted, it's great.
Paul Rudd
Great
Nice
Lasted
Something
Sees
Likes
Anybody
Anything
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