I started making little short films with friends, and then I decided I wanted to get into the school play in high school. Bill Hader decidefilmfriend Change image and share on social
Even though it doesn't look like it, I run. On a treadmill. And I bounce around to all the songs on my iPod - the Pixies, Wagner, Richard and Linda Thompson, even books on tape. Just not self-help ones. Bill Hader bookbounceipod share on social
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 before during the actual take. Bill Hader actualapatowcamera share on social
Jon Ronson makes me laugh. I've read all of his books. Bill Hader bookhavejon Change image and share on social
You learn quickly at 'SNL' you get in trouble if you compare yourself to other people, where they're at, or what other people had done before you. Bill Hader comparelearnpeople Change image and share on social
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. Bill Hader alienclausconcert Change image and share on social
When you saw Jon Lovitz or Dana Carvey or Phil Hartman doing something, they were acting. It was real acting. Like, they were acting like that person. They weren't like - it wasn't even like they were really trying to go for a laugh, especially in Phil Hartman's case. Bill Hader actcarveycase share on social
'Vanity Fair' did this grid thing a couple years ago, connecting people who've worked together, and I had the most branches on it or whatever, because I'd worked with so-and-so and so-and-so worked with so-and-so, and I was kind of in the middle. Bill Hader agobranchconnect share on social
When you're at your absolute, most exhausted... That's when you have to be at the top of your game. Bill Hader absoluteexhaustgame Change image and share on social
I saw 'A Clockwork Orange' when I was 11. When you watch 'Clockwork Orange' at 11, it either totally scares you from watching movies, or you want to become a filmmaker. I was the latter. Bill Hader clockworkfilmmakermovie Change image and share on social
