The Daily Show was an incredible training ground for that kind of thing. It was all about discipline and generating material constantly. — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
It's kind of hard to win most elections on anti-family, immorality, and Satan-worship. — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant. — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
People who grew up in New York City or Los Angeles tend not to even understand what goes on in the rest… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
As an actor, you can really play the intensity and gravity and seriousness of the moment, and just rely on the circumstances… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
You see a lot of sides of people on a movie set because it can be really taxing and to kind of… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I lived in New York for 10 years, I loved it, I never second-guessed it. There were definitely times when I thought,… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I'm glad to always have that connection to a part of the country that doesn't really have anything to do with what… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
Going into editing when I got to New York was part of that. I guess I just kind of wanted to know… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
A lot of kind of like the way that Andy [Bernard] talks, you know, the writers pick up on those things -… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
It's a very collaborative environment [making The Office]. We always do takes of how it's scripted, but then we also mix it… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
First there was the New Hampshire primary, and we had nearly a year leading up to it. And now, look! Three primaries in one… — Ed Helms Copy Share
The biggest thing that comes out of improv that gets built on is just character traits. You know, for me the singing was born… — Ed Helms Copy Share
When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a… — Ed Helms Copy Share
It was never tough [ being the new guy]. It's just the warmest group of people [The Office stuff] you could ever hope to… — Ed Helms Copy Share
What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know each other… — Ed Helms Copy Share
Sometimes you just create a joke out of thin air in the editing room. I'm really glad I've had that experience. It gives me… — Ed Helms Copy Share
I love travel. I love to go spend time in new places. And even though I got horribly sick in Thailand, and it was… — Ed Helms Copy Share
One of the biggest breaks we had actually, one of the biggest, the hardest I laughed on the movie [The Hangover] was the baby… — Ed Helms Copy Share
Todd [Phillips] doesn't care. That's part of his genius as a director, he will say anything to anybody. — Ed Helms Copy Share
So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track. — Ed Helms Copy Share
People now genuinely respond to it and associate me with music. It's really fun. — Ed Helms Copy Share
When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the… — Ed Helms Copy Share
That's actually a rare thing to be on a set full of people that you admire and make you laugh all the time. — Ed Helms Copy Share
People who grew up in New York City or Los Angeles tend not to even understand what goes on in the rest of the… — Ed Helms Copy Share
![“What's cool is that in the story of the movie [The Hangover] our characters are also really kind of getting to know each other and bonding over the course of the movie. And I think you're seeing a real, a literal sort of friendship growing both in us as actors and on screen as characters.” quote by Ed Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/ed-helms-4996_actors_what-s-cool-is-that-in-the-story-of-the_73568.png)
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