Bill Hader

I was in a sketch group in L.A., and we were playing, like, backyards in Glendale and stuff. It was pretty ugly because we didn't have any money. ”

A lot of times I think people, when they're doing a movie that's a family movie, they're worried about this being too esoteric or too dark or too weird. ”

I remember being unbelievable bummed when 'Freaks and Geeks' was canceled. ”

A person being patient with an insane person is my favorite thing in the world. ”

When I was on 'SNL,' I was getting weirdly anxious about being on camera, which I had never really done before. And so my solution was just to not watch my stuff. And then I found out that other actors do it, too, and I felt less weird about it. ”

My wife and I got to go onstage at a Flaming Lips concert at Webster Hall once. We dressed up like Scientology aliens and danced around. We had a shootout onstage with Santa Claus. ”

I hated pitch meetings. Pitch meetings were my least favorite part of the week. I just gave up. I was so terrible at them. ”

You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.' ”

I kind of romanticized what it was like to be a writer and director when I was in my early twenties. Working as a production assistant knocked that right out of me. ”

I never resented anybody for being successful. ”