Quotes by Bill Hader

About Bill Hader:

William T. "Bill" Hader, Jr. is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (2005–13), for which he has received four Emmy nominations, his Emmy-winning work on South Park (2009-2014) and his parody series Documentary Now! (2015–present).
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In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the Apatow group - you go off, and you're improvising on camera. So while you're on camera, you're saying things that no one else has ever heard...

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Fred Armisen does a pretty good me.

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I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking about it. I was too in my head when I was on stage.

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My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

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I remember I could do - I did Bart Simpson once on the bus. I did, like, a really good Bart Simpson voice on the bus, obviously before I hit puberty. And everybody went, 'Whoa, that sounds just like Bart Simpson.'

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David Sedaris is so good that it makes me mad.

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Good directors give short and specific instructions to their actors.

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I really liked John Candy in 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles.' He was so good in that movie.

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There's a movie called 'Pod People' that has a weird little anteater alien. That was a good alien.

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You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

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I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?' What?' And I kinda made a big plea in the writer's room, like, 'Guys, you should really watch it. It's good. It's addicting. My w...

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Voices are a good way to get in and out of things. James Carville constantly calls my wife to say I'll be home late. Mandy Patinkin and Al Pacino call to get me restaurant reservations.

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There are some really funny women at 'SNL,' man.

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Pete Davidson - he's in the movie 'Trainwreck.' He has a small part in it. I told Lorne Michaels about him, said he was really funny.

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It is funny that people always assume you have a bigger part in a movie than you actually do. I remember a lot of people thought 'Adventureland' starred me and Kristen Wiig. But we were like, 'No, we're only in the movie for like ten minutes!'

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I grew up with my two sisters and my mom, so it's my lot in life to be surrounded by women.

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I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall on my face. Things worked out when I tried to make it about what I was feeling at that moment and what I was into in that m...

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I was a production assistant in the post department on 'The Surreal Life.' And it's been reported before that I was an assistant editor on 'The Surreal Life.' That is not true.

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If you watch 'SNL,' any time there's this thing with everyone singing, I'm, like, the one person who just has a straight line of dialogue because I can't sing to save my life.

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I'm never going to say, 'Well, I'm never going to do comedy again.' I love comedies, and it's what people know me for, so I love doing it... I don't really think about it in terms of 'Well, I should do this because it's comedy or drama.'

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My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Turks and Caicos, in the middle of nowhere, and I'm sitting on this deserted beach, and I see one lone person walking along the shore. He walks right up to me and says, 'I love 'Laser Cats,' and then just walks ...

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Author Bio

  • NameBill Hader
  • DescriptionAmerican comedian and actor
  • BornJune 7, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award