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 HADERThe idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.
More Bill Hader Quotes
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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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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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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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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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My kids, they’re always embarrassed when my voice shows up in something.
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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 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 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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It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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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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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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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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Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
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Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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