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 HADERI 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.”
More Bill Hader Quotes
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The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.
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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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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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Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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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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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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All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright – getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.
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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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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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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 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 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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