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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.

Bill Hader

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 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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Animated Differences Play
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
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
It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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Good Guy Hearing Something
It’s not like you get up on stage and you’re immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don’t be discouraged.
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Genius Like Long You
All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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Driving Emotion Stories
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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Character Enjoy Italian Names
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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California Ideas Song
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
If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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Funny Girl Guy Life
I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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Bowls Cereal Cooks
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
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
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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Actor Want Writing
Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
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Comedy Thing Way Work

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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