Paul Rudd
Paul Rudd
Paul Stephen Ruddis an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the British American Drama Academy, before making his acting debut in 1992 with NBC's drama series Sisters. He is known for his starring roles in the film The Cider House Rulesand the comedy films Clueless, Wet Hot American Summer, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Role Models, I Love You, Man, Dinner for Schmucks, Our Idiot...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 April 1969
CityPassaic, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
It's weird because we are under the microscope in a way that other shows might not be.
There are a number of examples of employees valuing e-learning,
When you leave the theater, there's anywhere from 500 to 1,000 people waiting in the street, across the street.
Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency.
We're now the (junior varsity) version of that,
Venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn't mean large. It's also the only one that's Italian. Congratulations, you're stupid in three languages.
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.
Oh, the weather outside is weather.
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.
There are lots of things that you can go down the list and say, "Oh, these are cliches, we've seen this before, just hits every checkpoint." All of that takes a secondary status for me if I'm reading something and I just really like the characters.
I was at a dinner party with a group of people, and we were talking about fake names. You know, how its difficult to come up with a really great fake name. Its a very specific type of gift. You don't want to go too far into the silly, and you don't want to go too far into the banal. I always thought one of the funniest names ever was Gern Blanston, which came from a Steve Martin routine on one of his early records.
I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that.
There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good.