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I 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 Hader

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

California Ideas Song
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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Country Dad Thinking
Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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Afraid Comedy Failing
I 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 HADER

Actor Want Writing
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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Grow Up Sports
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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Elevator Guy Needs Wigs
All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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Driving Emotion Stories
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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Long Night School
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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Guy Sorry Walking
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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Country Look Need Nothing People Props
My kids, they’re always embarrassed when my voice shows up in something.
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Embarrassed Kids Voice
I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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Bowls Cereal Cooks
Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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Asked Bunch People
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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Mistake Stupid Thinking
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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Accord Wells Writing
It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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Good Guy Hearing Something

I 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.

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I 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.

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