When people tell you what doesn't work, they're usually right. When they tell you how to fix it, they're usually wrong. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
When you're performing, you're playing to the back row. With acting, you have to be more nuanced. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
When you move to L.A. or New York, it's easy to get a little lost and forget your original goal. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
Before you get to 'SNL,' you have your own sensibility. And when you get to 'SNL,' it's the show's sensibility. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're working with somebody, and you can tell they're just waiting to say their line. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'Did you always want to be on SNL?' No, actually, it never crossed my mind. It didn't even seem… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
'SNL' is really hard to do when you're single and living alone. And then it's pretty tough when you're married, because you… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I work a lot, and it's kind of like, you meet people, and you just click. It's not like I'm looking at… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
In 'Winter's Bone,' it's literally the director and the camera operator. That's it. Just a super-small Kubrick crew. You know what I… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
When it comes to comedy, it might be interesting to know why an airplane works, but really? Maybe it's better not to… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
To be honest, I watch way more dramatic films when I'm chilling at home. I think when you work in comedy, you… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I just did this movie with Kristin Wiig called 'The Skeleton Twins.' That's a straight drama. We play estranged twins, and I… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I'm crazy lucky. I was trying to be a filmmaker. I was doing Second City classes as a way to be creative.… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
When you saw Jon Lovitz or Dana Carvey or Phil Hartman doing something, they were acting. It was real acting. Like, they… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?'… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know? — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I would say it wasn't until my fourth season on 'SNL' where people or my agent was saying, 'You're an actor.' I… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I'm the only one in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that has Final Draft on my computer. Then you show up and go to any… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I would do 'Superbad,' and the next offers you would get would all be crazy cop characters or crazy security guards or… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I remember seeing 'Spinal Tap' at a young age and being like, 'That's how you perform comedy.' — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.' — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
To be totally honest? I don't know if I'll keep doing more impressions. People told me I had a facility for it,… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I started 'SNL,' and I became the one who did impressions. I did that, but then I wanted to get an original… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I like doing a lot of research, and then you get there, you're in wardrobe, and then you're just reacting to what… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
If you watch 'SNL,' any time there's this thing with everyone singing, I'm, like, the one person who just has a straight… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I saw 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was 11. When you watch 'Clockwork Orange' at 11, it either totally scares you from… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a lot of… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California. — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other people had… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
