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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s

Bill Hader

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
My kids, they’re always embarrassed when my voice shows up in something.
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Embarrassed Kids Voice
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
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
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 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
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
It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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Good Guy Hearing Something
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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Audience Best Things Do Things
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
A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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Favorite Things Insane Person World
Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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Improvising Yeah
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
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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Enough People Television
All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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Driving Emotion Stories
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

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