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.”
BILL HADERI’m never the romantic lead. I’m the guy walking in on the romantic lead, going, “Oh sorry! I’ll leave you guys alone.”
More Bill Hader Quotes
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Richard Grieco once asked for a bunch of M&M’s
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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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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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Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
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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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It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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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.
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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 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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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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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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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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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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