Paul Rudd

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

It's insane but it's a great insane.

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

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

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

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner.

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

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

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

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.

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