'Cannonball Run II' - you watch that, and it looks like they're having a good time, but it's not necessarily a masterpiece. — 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… — Paul Rust Comedy Copy Share Image
I'm married now, but I fell in love with my wife because she was talented. Talent - it's the big one. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I came of age right around the time that the sort of priced-to-own VHS world began, and so the movies that you… — Paul Rust Age Copy Share Image
It's a lot of people's goal to be the lead in a movie, and that was never my goal. I just wanted… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an… — Paul Rust Being Copy Share Image
In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and… — 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 Catholic Copy Share Image
I grew up in Le Mars, Iowa, and even though it's a great place to grow up and be raised as a… — Paul Rust Boredom Copy Share Image
I remember doing this little physical gesture of holding up my foot and having my foot wave around while I held my… — Paul Rust Brain Copy Share Image
I'm sure that it's a universal experience, but I wonder if it gets exacerbated more in Los Angeles, where people are constantly… — Paul Rust Experience Copy Share Image
Just the way LA is laid out - 30 miles of disparate neighborhoods - adds to the loneliness of the characters. There's… — 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… — Paul Rust Character Copy Share Image
The challenge in writing a show that's about people and their flaws is that it can easily tip over - okay, I'll… — Paul Rust Human Copy Share Image
I was such a fan of Quentin's growing up. I remembered I wanted to see 'Pulp Fiction' so badly, but my mom… — Paul Rust Growing up 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… — Paul Rust Family Copy Share Image
If you read scripts, you would see people rarely speak like that in real life, in complete sentences. — Paul Rust Life Copy Share Image
I think a lot of nights together have been spoiled by somebody not being able to find a parking spot and saying,… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
If I'm not emotionally stable, should I put myself in a relationship? Because wouldn't that mean that I'm just using it as… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
Me and my comedy writer friends talk a lot about how we love 'Die Hard,' but we'll never be able to write… — Paul Rust Comedy 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… — Paul Rust Castle Copy Share Image
Scott Aukerman and Judd Apatow are two people who I owe a lot to, and it's always great to work with Scott… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
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
A lot of the time, a comedy script is just dialogue, and that's the main thing you have to worry about. — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness… — Paul Rust Comedy Copy Share Image
With so much of what I write, I'm just constantly wondering out loud, 'Do other people feel this way?' — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
It's tough - and I'm not the first person to say this - but cliches exist because they actually happen in real… — Paul Rust Cliches Copy Share Image
I think "honest" sometimes gets used to describe a real depiction of real life. I don't think that's necessarily what we're doing.… — Paul Rust Character Copy Share Image
My mom did this really cool thing: when 'Pulp Fiction' came out on video, she made, like, a 'mommy edit.' She took… — 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… — Paul Rust Comedy Copy Share Image
I gotta say, the Catholic Church has churned out a lot of great artists and directors and actors, so if that's all… — Paul Rust Actors Copy Share Image
It would be easy for someone to think growing up in a small town would be like 'Footloose' or something, that it… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
In high school, I was crazy in love, and I would make handmade construction paper valentines every month for our monthly anniversaries.… — Paul Rust Anniversary Copy Share Image
I remember watching Quentin Tarantino accept an Academy Award for screenwriting for 'Pulp Fiction.' If I'd known then that 15 years later… — Paul Rust Academy award Copy Share Image
I'm not the first person to talk about this, but L.A. is just sort of a weird city because it's just a… — Paul Rust City Copy Share Image
