Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright – getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.
BILL HADERComedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
More Bill Hader Quotes
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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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I 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.’
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I 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.
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When I got to Saturday Night Live, it was a lot like going from pre-school to Harvard, and it took a long time to figure stuff out.
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It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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I’m never the romantic lead. I’m the guy walking in on the romantic lead, going, “Oh sorry! I’ll leave you guys alone.”
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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 sit there and go, “I never want to make a mistake.”
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My dad’s from there, and I have relatives there, but I don’t think I’ve been to Chicago since I was like 9.
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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.
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I really enjoyed playing Vinny Vedecci, the Italian talk show host. He was the first character I ever came up with where I gave him a name and a way of dressing.
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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.
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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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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 is what I did.
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