Paul Rudd Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.

My sense of stand up comedy would be so esoteric.

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

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

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

I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I studied theater and my career when I started was a lot of dramatic stuff.

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.

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

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.