Bill Hader
Bill Hader
William Thomas "Bill" Hader Jr. is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, for which he has received three Emmy nominations, South Park, and his parody series Documentary Now!...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 June 1978
CityTulsa, OK
CountryUnited States of America
mistake stupid thinking
No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there and go, "I never want to make a mistake."
nice moving coffee
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.' It was nice doing something and hearing someone go, 'Hey, you're good at this.'
far
As far as post-'SNL' career, whatever kind of comes my way that looks interesting, I'll do it, you know?
compare learn people quickly trouble
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.
people telling
You know what, I remember being on my T-ball team and telling people about 'Platoon.'
comedy love people terms
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.'
fired rude theater watch worked
I worked at a movie theater in Tempe, Arizona, when I went to community college there. And I got fired because a sorority had rented out a theater to watch 'Titanic,' and they were being really rude to me while they were waiting for the movie. So as I tore their tickets, I told them the end of the movie.
good stage
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.
alien became character couple great original patience seasons time took
I started 'SNL,' and I became the one who did impressions. I did that, but then I wanted to get an original character on, and that took a long time to get one on that stuck. And then I got Vinny Vedecci on - 'Oh great' - and then it took a couple more seasons to get Greg the Alien on. You have to have some patience.
aspect corner guys invited island mansion playboy ratio sat season shoot talking
I got invited to the Playboy Mansion with the Lonely Island guys after their first season on 'SNL,' and I sat in the corner drinking coffee and talking to Akiva Schaffer about what aspect ratio he was going to shoot 'Hot Rod' in. Like, that's what we talk about.
figure stuff time took
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.
money
Every two months, I would get an email, 'Skeleton Twins update: still don't have the money!'
half hour minutes time
I set the time on my iPhone to be 30 minutes late, so I'm only an hour and a half late to appointments now.
ate
For our anniversary, my wife and I went to see Godzilla, and then we ate at Barnyard Venice, and it was like, 'We are crazy! The Kardashians have to keep up with us!'