Bill Hader Quotes & Sayings

Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M's — Bill Hader

It doesn't occur to me that I don't drive a cool car until I hang out with Jon Hamm, who picks me up in what looks like a Transformer, and I think, 'Oh, that's what movie stars are driving. I guess I'm not a movie star.' — Bill Hader

'SNL' is really hard to do when you're single and living alone. And then it's pretty tough when you're married, because you don't see your spouse. — Bill Hader

I really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing. — Bill Hader

David Sedaris is so good that it makes me mad. — Bill Hader

Pete Davidson - he's in the movie 'Trainwreck.' He has a small part in it. I told Lorne Michaels about him, said he was really funny. — Bill Hader

I loved growing up in Tulsa. — Bill Hader

Sometimes you're working with somebody, and you can tell they're just waiting to say their line. — Bill Hader

Before you get to 'SNL,' you have your own sensibility. And when you get to 'SNL,' it's the show's sensibility. — Bill Hader

Every two months, I would get an email, 'Skeleton Twins update: still don't have the money!' — Bill Hader

I work a lot, and it's kind of like, you meet people, and you just click. It's not like I'm looking at something and thinking: 'South Park' - how do I get on that?' I just became friends with those guys first. They're nice guys. — Bill Hader

The nature of 'SNL' is that it's so in-the-moment. — Bill Hader

I always felt better co-writing something - always co-writing. Because if I was the lead of it and it failed, then it failed on my own accord. I would say, "Well, I liked it or I screwed up. I take the hit on this one." — Bill Hader

If you watch 'SNL,' any time there's this thing with everyone singing, I'm, like, the one person who just has a straight line of dialogue because I can't sing to save my life. — Bill Hader

I'm never going to say, 'Well, I'm never going to do comedy again.' I love comedies, and it's what people know me for, so I love doing it ... I don't really think about it in terms of 'Well, I should do this because it's comedy or drama.' — Bill Hader

I like watching Kate McKinnon do something - there's a joy in seeing a new move from somebody and going, 'Oh, she can do that.' — Bill Hader

You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other people had done before you. — Bill Hader

Jon Ronson makes me laugh. I've read all of his books. — Bill Hader

Everything is so tech now; everyone is so connected that way. — Bill Hader

Getting 'SNL' was pretty amazing, so just to be able to have an eight-year career there and be really happy with everything I did, it was pretty big. — Bill Hader

I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, 'Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared, I have nothing, I have no props.' And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, 'Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn't need props.' And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator. — Bill Hader

I'm very close to my sisters. — Bill Hader

I'm always up before everybody else. I also crash at 3 o'clock when everybody's at their prime. — Bill Hader

My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Turks and Caicos, in the middle of nowhere, and I'm sitting on this deserted beach, and I see one lone person walking along the shore. He walks right up to me and says, 'I love 'Laser Cats,' and then just walks away. — Bill Hader

No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there and go, "I never want to make a mistake." — Bill Hader

Seth Meyers and I wrote a 'Spider-Man' comic. — Bill Hader

I never resented anybody for being successful. — Bill Hader

Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail. — Bill Hader

If I get a chance to write a comic book or do a voice in an Adult Swim show, I do it. It's much more fulfilling to me and I get to work with people who I'm a fan of. — Bill Hader

The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic. — Bill Hader

When I got to 'Saturday Night Live,' it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out. — Bill Hader

In Tulsa, it was sports or nothing. — Bill Hader

I can't cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal. — Bill Hader

'The State' was a huge thing for me. I watched that and 'SNL' together when I was 15, 16. — Bill Hader

I'm a huge fan of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. — Bill Hader

My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like Frank Zappa. — Bill Hader

I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.' — Bill Hader

I don't think I could do what Woody Allen or Clint Eastwood or Ben Stiller do, where they direct a movie and they star in it. I would just be like, 'Oh, I don't even want to look at my face.' — Bill Hader

You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.' — Bill Hader

I saw 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was 11. When you watch 'Clockwork Orange' at 11, it either totally scares you from watching movies, or you want to become a filmmaker. I was the latter. — Bill Hader

I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them. — Bill Hader

People ask me, 'Did you always want to be on SNL?' No, actually, it never crossed my mind. It didn't even seem possible. It would've been like saying, 'Hey, do you wanna go to the moon?' — Bill Hader

I can't do Twitter or Facebook, mostly because I feel like I'm the type of person who has to regiment the amount of time I spend doing certain things or I'll just wade in it, and then I'll never come out. — Bill Hader

I - at the table reads, I break constantly. If something is up there that I'm not expecting, I tend to - I can't help myself; I'll start laughing. — Bill Hader

At the beginning of each week at 'Saturday Night Live,' we have a full cast meeting where Lorne Michaels introduces the upcoming host. — Bill Hader

You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie. — Bill Hader

I just did this movie with Kristin Wiig called 'The Skeleton Twins.' That's a straight drama. We play estranged twins, and I end up moving in with her and her husband, played by Luke Wilson. But it's a drama, and the Duplass Brothers produced it and this great guy, Craig Johnson, directed it. And that was great, you know? — Bill Hader

My life is different since I moved back to L.A. from New York, mostly because I have a family and I don't go out. — Bill Hader

When you're performing, you're playing to the back row. With acting, you have to be more nuanced. — Bill Hader

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television. — Bill Hader

There are some really funny women at 'SNL,' man. — Bill Hader

My mom, dad, grandparents, we all do voices. — Bill Hader

To be honest, I don't know how comedy works. — Bill Hader

I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall on my face. Things worked out when I tried to make it about what I was feeling at that moment and what I was into in that moment of my life. — Bill Hader

When it comes to comedy, it might be interesting to know why an airplane works, but really? Maybe it's better not to know why certain things work. Just fly the thing, and if nothing falls apart, you'll be fine. — Bill Hader

I'm crazy lucky. I was trying to be a filmmaker. I was doing Second City classes as a way to be creative. I was a PA for a long time. I was working as an assistant editor on 'Iron Chef America' when I got 'SNL.' It was one of those situations where you're concentrating in one thing and the peripheral thing popped. — Bill Hader

I like when you are telling a story and fall into an impression. — Bill Hader

A lot of times I think people, when they're doing a movie that's a family movie, they're worried about this being too esoteric or too dark or too weird. — Bill Hader

I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?' What?' And I kinda made a big plea in the writer's room, like, 'Guys, you should really watch it. It's good. It's addicting. My wife and I are obsessed with it.' — Bill Hader

I was at Second City L.A., going through the conservatory, and I graduated in 2004 and I got 'SNL' in 2005. — Bill Hader

I was a production assistant in the post department on 'The Surreal Life.' And it's been reported before that I was an assistant editor on 'The Surreal Life.' That is not true. — Bill Hader

I'm not a fan of the Eagles, but I've watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who's watched it with me has sung along to the songs, much to my dismay. — Bill Hader

My wife is the sweetest, most even-keeled person ever. A mood swing to her is like, 'Oh, I'm uncomfortable.' — Bill Hader

I met Robin Williams a few times, and he was a beautiful guy. — Bill Hader

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy. — Bill Hader

I learned a lot just watching people perform. — Bill Hader

Let's face it: I look pretty out of shape. — Bill Hader

If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior. — Bill Hader

When I met Judd Apatow, he told me I should start writing screenplays. They'd be really bad at first, but the more I did it, the better I'd get. — Bill Hader

Turns out typecasting is a real thing. — Bill Hader

Las Vegas, New Mexico has had a lot of great movies shot there. — Bill Hader

I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of different stuff, taking whatever opportunities are there, to see what works. — Bill Hader

When you move to L.A. or New York, it's easy to get a little lost and forget your original goal. — Bill Hader

I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them. — Bill Hader

I set the time on my iPhone to be 30 minutes late, so I'm only an hour and a half late to appointments now. — Bill Hader

I would say it wasn't until my fourth season on 'SNL' where people or my agent was saying, 'You're an actor.' I never thought of it that way. — Bill Hader

I love comedy, but it's dramas that stick with me. — Bill Hader

I remember being unbelievable bummed when 'Freaks and Geeks' was canceled. — Bill Hader

When you saw Jon Lovitz or Dana Carvey or Phil Hartman doing something, they were acting. It was real acting. Like, they were acting like that person. They weren't like - it wasn't even like they were really trying to go for a laugh, especially in Phil Hartman's case. — Bill Hader

As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know? — Bill Hader

'Superbad' was such a personal movie. — Bill Hader

I've always admired Jeff Bridges. I really like how one can never get a handle on what he's doing. — Bill Hader

There's a movie called 'Pod People' that has a weird little anteater alien. That was a good alien. — Bill Hader

In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard before during the actual take. — Bill Hader

I grew up with my two sisters and my mom, so it's my lot in life to be surrounded by women. — Bill Hader

When I was on 'SNL,' I was getting weirdly anxious about being on camera, which I had never really done before. And so my solution was just to not watch my stuff. And then I found out that other actors do it, too, and I felt less weird about it. — Bill Hader

My first real job, I sold Christmas trees when I was twelve for extra money. I did that until I was fifteen. Then I bagged groceries, and I worked at the first Borders ever in Tulsa, Oklahoma. — Bill Hader

I don't like the sound of my voice or how I look or anything. — Bill Hader

I was offered a lot of supporting crazy parts in comedies because that's all I had done. — Bill Hader

It's not like you get up on stage and you're immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don't be discouraged. — Bill Hader

I get migraines a lot. I get them when I'm stressed out. My brain freezes, and I just try to get through that. — Bill Hader

Paul Rudd is a huge 'Hot Rod' fan. — Bill Hader

Top Ten lists make me insane. I just know they're going to change daily. — Bill Hader

Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody. — Bill Hader

I remember I could do - I did Bart Simpson once on the bus. I did, like, a really good Bart Simpson voice on the bus, obviously before I hit puberty. And everybody went, 'Whoa, that sounds just like Bart Simpson.' — Bill Hader

The first time I ever acted was in 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and my first line was, 'I didn't know Shakespeare had a sister.' — Bill Hader

When people tell you what doesn't work, they're usually right. When they tell you how to fix it, they're usually wrong. — Bill Hader

Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations. — Bill Hader

All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything. — Bill Hader

I collect movies. So I have all those in binders. I don't have the DVDs out. I put them in binders. — Bill Hader