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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.”

Bill Hader

Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
BILL HADER

Comedy Thing Way Work
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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Accord Wells Writing
It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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Good Guy Hearing Something
Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright – getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.
BILL HADER

Enough People Television
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 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
My kids, they’re always embarrassed when my voice shows up in something.
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Embarrassed Kids Voice
Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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Improvising Yeah
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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Actor Want Writing
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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Coffee Moving Nice
All the stories have to do with emotion. Emotion is driving everything.
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Driving Emotion Stories
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
I can’t cook. I can barely make a bowl of cereal.
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Bowls Cereal Cooks
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 HADER

Grow Up Sports
A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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Favorite Things Insane Person World
Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.
BILL HADER

Afraid Comedy Failing

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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