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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More Bill Hader Quotes
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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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I’m not a fan of the Eagles, but I’ve watched their documentary numerous times and everyone who’s watched it with me has sung along to the songs, much to my dismay.
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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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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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If a guy doesn’t like a funny girl, something is wrong with him.
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A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world.
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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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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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Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don’t work.
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It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, ‘Hey, you’re good at this.’
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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 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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Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you’re with somebody.
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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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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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