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 HADERThe best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.
More Bill Hader Quotes
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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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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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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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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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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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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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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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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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Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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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 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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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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