I’m not a fan of the Eagles, but I’ve watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who’s watched it with me has sung along to the songs, much to my dismay.
BILL HADERI’m not a fan of the Eagles, but I’ve watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who’s watched it with me has sung along to the songs, much to my dismay.
BILL HADERI have nothing, I have no props.’ And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, ‘Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn’t need props.’ And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator.
BILL HADERAll the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
BILL HADERI can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
BILL HADERComedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
BILL HADERComedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
BILL HADERIf a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
BILL HADERI remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, ‘Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared,
BILL HADEROddly enough, I have really bad stage fright – getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.
BILL HADERI move out here, and next thing I know I’m 25, and the only thing I’ve heard is, ‘Can you get a coffee, can you hurry up with the thing, blah blah blah.’
BILL HADERMy dad’s from there, and I have relatives there, but I don’t think I’ve been to Chicago since I was like 9.
BILL HADERIt’s not like you get up on stage and you’re immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don’t be discouraged.
BILL HADERI was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they’d want me to be in them.
BILL HADERThe idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.
BILL HADERIt was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
BILL HADERNo 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 and go, “I never want to make a mistake.”
BILL HADER