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Bill Hader

(1978) Actor United States

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Bill Hader is an actor from the United States, best known for The Short Halloween Amazing SpiderMan Hardcover.

Quick Facts About Bill Hader

Born: June 7, 1978
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: The Short Halloween Amazing SpiderMan Hardcover
Known for: The Angry Birds films, The Cat in the Hat, Monsters University, Inside Out, Finding Dory
Spouse: Maggie Carey

About Bill Hader

William Thomas Hader Jr. is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2013, for which he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Peabody Award. He became known for his impressions and especially for his work on the Weekend Update segments, where he played Stefon, a flamboyant New York City nightclub tour guide.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Quotes by Bill Hader

The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.

Dean

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Let's face it: I look pretty out of shape.

Face

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In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the…

Actual

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Fred Armisen does a pretty good me.

Does

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I took Second City out of desperation, and that's what ended up working out. It shows that you should be doing a…

City

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When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game.

Absolute

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The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.

Band

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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…

Failure

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George Saunders is a complete genius.

Complete

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I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always,…

About

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You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other…

Before

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Turns out typecasting is a real thing.

Out

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You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can…

Being

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I learned a lot just watching people perform.

Just

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Fred Willard still makes me laugh.

Fred

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I have a lot of incomplete short films and incomplete scripts out there.

Cinema

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People ask me, 'Did you always want to be on SNL?' No, actually, it never crossed my mind. It didn't even seem…

Actually

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It's not like you get up on stage and you're immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don't be discouraged.

Discouraged

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'The State' was a huge thing for me. I watched that and 'SNL' together when I was 15, 16.

Huge

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If a movie doesn't even have financing yet, they'll do a table read for it at a casting director's office with actors,…

Actor

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Paul Rudd is a huge 'Hot Rod' fan.

Fan

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'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…

Alone

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I can't cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.

Bowls

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Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be…

Al

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Growing up in Oklahoma, there wasn't much to do. Play sports, do a lot of drugs, or read and watch movies, which…

Drug

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