I grew up loving Pee-wee Herman. I was obsessed. I was the kid at school who everyone knew was obsessed with Pee-Wee. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Growing up in Iowa, there weren't many people who looked like me. And then when I moved out to L.A., every guy… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
With Quentin Tarantino, he makes movies imagining himself as the audience. To be specific and true to what he wants resonates to… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I've noticed, as a comedy fan, that I really like Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino because when they're funny, they're actually funny. It's… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
At one point, I just decided that it might be more creatively rewarding to put my time into writing on stuff that I could… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
The Magic Castle is not a place that people know nationally, but as soon as you move to L.A., you hear people talk about… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
The thing that I like about Pee-wee is it can exist on the level of midnight college cult movies that the hip kids are… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
The first text I ever got was somebody breaking plans on a first date. That was, like, the worst way to be introduced to… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
It's such a thrill in a relationship to be able to collaborate creatively. It's very romantic, and I like it. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Growing up in a small town, in the Midwest, and Catholic - those are sort of three layers of repression. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I grew up in Iowa, so I would go hunting. I took a hunter's safety course in eighth grade to get extra credit in… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
The thing that I get most excited about is that it does feel like a new realm of storytelling is being created before everybody's… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
