Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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.”
More Bill Hader Quotes
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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 would say the biggest difference is that you’re just in a studio by yourself when you’re making an animated movie. You don’t have anybody to play off of.
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All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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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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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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I 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,
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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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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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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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I always felt better co-writing something – always co-writing. Because if I was the lead of it and it failed, then it failed on my own accord. I would say, “Well, I liked it or I screwed up. I take the hit on this one.”
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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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Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
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