I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I'm not actively seeking stardom. I just go to auditions, and I knock on wood. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I went to college and studied theater; I went to a theater conservatory. I live in New York because I wanted to… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Why would anyone be an actor if he or she weren't insecure? That's why anybody pursues this kind of work. — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
A lot of people say, 'What's the worst part about being an actor?' And the worst part is that you're not a… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I wasn't one of those kids who was like, 'I want to be an actor.' It wasn't in my wheelhouse at all.… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was certainly drawn to comedy, but my goal was just to be as well-rounded an actor as possible. I… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I try not to think of myself in any category, and I don't ever really try to imagine myself competing with another… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Sometimes you read a script, and it's like, 'You'll improv, and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be,'… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Acting in general you just feel kind of stupid doing it anyway, but when you're pretending to be rolling around and dodging… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
Whatever I'm working on, the character I'm playing tends to slowly bleed into my own real life. Not in any kind of… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character. — Paul Rudd Copy Share
Puberty hit me pretty hard. All of a sudden, I woke up, and I had really curly hair. — Paul Rudd Copy Share
On the very first day of shooting, we did a scene in which Michelle and I are in our underwear, and I'm straddling her… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I'm not that nice - it's one of those things that reveals itself over time. You could talk to people who know me well;… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt, even when… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I'm surprised that I get to be in the same room with half the people that I'm working with. — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I was at a dinner party with a group of people, and we were talking about fake names. You know, how its difficult to… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I really prided myself on my fashionable dress. I had a very independent streak and thought, Im going to dress super cool and different… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I grew up in a lot of different places, mostly in Kansas, I really started thinking seriously about acting in high school; I just… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I went through a phase where I thought it was really funny to make pratfalls in very crowded places. I jumped out of a… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
I was always in new schools and had British parents, which was not the norm, and I think there was also... I'm not particularly… — Paul Rudd Copy Share
