# Paul Rudd

Paul Stephen Rudd (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer.

## Quotes

* You hear some comics that used to play colleges all the time. They don’t want to do that any more, because there’s no room for any kind of daring comedy. Everybody’s gonna be pissed off about something. And that’s… a drag.
** "Paul Rudd: ‘In private, I’m dealing with all the scars and traumas of real life’" in The Independent (15 October 2019)
* Actors talk about a love of craft and contributing to artistic welfare. But, really, I think [the desire to act] came for me from wanting more attention from my parents.
** "Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas" in The Guardian (9 July 2015)
* Over the last 10 years, I never made a very concerted effort to mix it up. I just wanted to work on things that I liked. But I think I was feeling some fatigue over that and wanted to try something different.
** "Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas" in The Guardian (9 July 2015)
* I also think there’s something about the Midwest. The people that I grew up with in the Midwest — there’s something hardwired in them that they just don’t take themselves too seriously. They don’t get too big for their britches.
** "Paul Rudd on Playing the “Nice Guy,” Empowering His Kids to Be Politically Aware" in The Hollywood Reporter (12 October 2019)
* I don’t have any sort of grand statement to make, to anybody. I don’t want people to know that much about me, really. I don’t have much of an interest in being an open book.
** "Paul Rudd: ‘I came to terms early on that I wasn’t going to be Brad Pitt’" in The Irish Times (15 October 2019)
* I don’t come from a family of actors, I didn’t grow up around it and so when I go to Los Angeles for work, or to a premiere, I like it because it feels like I’m just popping in.
** "Paul Rudd: ‘I identify myself as a parent and a husband way more than as somebody who rides around on the back of an ant’" in Marie Claire (26 July 2018)
* I figured early on [acting] was what I wanted to do for a job. And I certainly hoped it would work out, and that I would be playing lots of different parts. But I don't think I anticipated being an ant!
** "The superpowers of Paul Rudd" in CBS (17 June 2018)
* I call myself an action figure in real life and a superhero in fake life.
** "Paul Rudd, Larger Than Life but Still Nice" in The New York Times (6 July 2018)
* There’s nothing sexy about nice; there’s nothing alluring or intriguing. And yet, I really love it when people are nice. Because honestly, I just think life is so hard. There are so many things that can get you down—that are so frustrating and so maddening. As cornball as it sounds, kindness is a thing that can defuse it a little bit. Kindness and laughs.
** "Ask Paul Rudd Anything. Just Don't Call Him Nice" in Elle (20 June 2018)
* When you’re playing a part you’re not just thinking about genre. ‘Oh this part is gonna be action then drama and I’m gonna tell some jokes and be funny…’ I don’t compartmentalise it like that.
** "Interview: Paul Rudd on Ant-Man and Joining The Avengers On Screen" in HEYUGUYS (16 July 2015)

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on Paul Rudd on Wikipedia
* Media related to Paul Rudd on Wikimedia Commons