I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk. Paul Rudd More Quotes by Paul Rudd More Quotes From 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. Paul Rudd things-in-life important helping 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. Paul Rudd congratulations stupid mean Oh, the weather outside is weather. Paul Rudd weather 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 musician actors people Acting in general you just feel kind of stupid doing it anyway, but when you're pretending to be rolling around and dodging a foot or riding an ant, you're having to really do it seriously and there's nothing there. You've got to put faith in the process. Paul Rudd acting stupid feet Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever. Paul Rudd knocked-up lasts forever Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything. Paul Rudd anguish behinds cutting I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. Paul Rudd actors approval needs I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet. Paul Rudd goldfish pet thinking 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. Paul Rudd party silly funny My sense of stand up comedy would be so esoteric. Paul Rudd esoteric comedy would-be We all have different sides of our personalities, so I'd love to play some more different parts too. Paul Rudd different personality play Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. Paul Rudd things-to-do theater actors There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good. Paul Rudd healthy land ideas I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that. Paul Rudd comedian comedy study 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 stars taken jobs Sometimes you read a script and it's like, "You'll improv and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be," and that's never a good sign. And it's never encouraging as an actor to take that on, really. Paul Rudd scripts actors sometimes I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. Paul Rudd stories character thinking At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. Paul Rudd midwesterners core 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. Paul Rudd comedy film would-be
