Paul Rudd Quotes & Sayings

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

My parents were married my whole life until my father passed away a few years ago. — Paul Rudd

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

My sense of stand up comedy would be so esoteric. — Paul Rudd

There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good. — Paul Rudd

I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet. — Paul Rudd

Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything. — Paul Rudd

I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. — Paul Rudd

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

We all have different sides of our personalities, so I'd love to play some more different parts too. — Paul Rudd

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that. — Paul Rudd

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

When life hands you lemons, just say fuck the lemons and bail. — Paul Rudd

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

I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am. — Paul Rudd

Willie Nelson is the perfect person, it seems to me, to think about. Because something tells me that he operates on his own frequency. — Paul Rudd

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

It's insane but it's a great insane. — Paul Rudd

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes. — Paul Rudd

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. — 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

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

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor. — Paul Rudd

Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever. — Paul Rudd

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

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner. — Paul Rudd

Oh, the weather outside is weather. — Paul Rudd