Ed Helms
Ed Helms
Edward Parker "Ed" Helmsis an American actor and comedian, best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show, Andy Bernard in the U.S. version of The Office, Stuart Price in The Hangover trilogy, and Rusty Griswold in Vacation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 January 1974
CityAtlanta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
fun college play
All I knew is that I loved movies and comedy and TV, and I wanted to perform. I made a bunch of shorts and movies in college, and that was always fun too. I directed some plays in college. It was taking it all in and trying to immerse myself in as much of it as possible.
fun play amplify
It's incredibly fun to play someone that you don't like. It exorcises your own demons in a way. It's cathartic. We all have things that we don't like about ourselves, little things. And I get to amplify those things and put them out there. It's fun and it has a cleansing effect.
laughing people admire
That's actually a rare thing to be on a set full of people that you admire and make you laugh all the time.
moving creative trying
Getting any movie made is just like trying to push a giant boulder up a mountain, and there's so many moving parts. Obviously, there's the creative side, and then there's the logistical side, and they're both colossal.
fun way conflict
Improvisation is about finding the best joke or the silliest way to get something across. Improvising conflict is always fun because you can just go for it.
sick may thailand
I love travel. I love to go spend time in new places. And even though I got horribly sick in Thailand, and it was the sickest I may have ever been in my life, I still loved the trip.
woven narrative way
I loved the show Lost, in part because the writers were so nimble in how they would take things from previous episodes, that probably weren't created with any intent towards a larger narrative, and they would get woven into narratives in a really elegant and exciting way.
profound comfortable
I have profound respect for Sacha Baron Cohen, but Borat is not a particularly comfortable movie for me to sit through.
fun math thinking
I found myself often asking the question, "Who deserves to be made fun of?" Depending on your mood, the answer can be no one or everyone. It took me a while to understand the math of how those field pieces came together. I don't think that ridicule is ever funny, but there are times when that gets the biggest response.
thinking news
[I read news] because no one's going to tell me what they really think of something.
thinking yarn long
I told personal stories the way [Bill] Cosby would spin a yarn for ten minutes. I think in hindsight it works better as a long story than as a condensed monologue.
imagination capture miniatures
As a hobbyist, there's something about miniature anything that captures my imagination.
nerd toys kind
I've always been into toys and kits and models. I'm kind of a toy nerd.
heat-and-humidity people lovely
I've been to Indonesia, but I've never been to Thailand. I hear the people are lovely, the food is delicious, and that the heat and humidity are lethal.