Somewhere in Paul Rudd’s attic, there must be an enchanted painting that is aging in his stead. For today, eternally boyish Paul Rudd turns 42. Can a 42-year-old man be adorable? In Rudd’s case, yes. Way back in 1996′s Clueless, Cher (Alicia Silverstone) was on to something when she said to Rudd’s Josh, “Some people are not lucky enough to be as naturally adorable as you are.” Ah, she was a font of wisdom. Rudd is handsome yet unthreatening, funny but not mean. You’d set your sister up with any of Rudd’s characters in a heartbeat, not because you think they’d hit it off — of course they would — but because you’d want to hang with him yourself, playing fantasy baseball or jamming to Rush.
To celebrate Rudd’s eternal youth, here are this Rudd-ite’s 10 favorite quotes (and I will not insult you by including the titles of the movies):
10. “Slappa da bass mon!”
9. “I would rather listen to Fran Drescher for eight hours than have to listen to Michael McDonald. Nothing against him, but if I hear ‘Yah Mo B There’ one more time, I’m going to ‘Yah Mo’ burn this place to the ground.”
8. “Take it easy, Champ. Why don’t you sit this next one out, stop talking for a while.”
7. “You taste like a burger. I don’t like you anymore.”
6. “No, I like to rock n’ roll all night and ‘part’ of every day. I usually have errands… I can only rock from like 1 to 3.”
5. “If you get bitten by a shark, you’re not just gonna give up surfing, are you?”
4. “Gretchen… Hey, I was in the neighborhood. I thought I’d come by and take a s—.”
3. “You get mad if anyone thinks you live below Sunset.”
2. “Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn’t last 22 minutes. It lasts forever.”
1. “It’s called Sex Panther by Odeon. It’s illegal in nine countries. Yep, it’s made with bits of real panther, so you know it’s good.”
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Why couldn’t you have included the movie titles? Not everybody knows every quote Paul Rudd ever said. Come on EW
I concur. In fact, if it’s insulting to my intelligence for EW to include the titles, then I must be a moron, because I actually don’t know where any of those quotes come from.
Well then you clearly aren’t the intended audience for this article.
60% of the time, it works every time.
Unlike Jeff Winger, I will wait in line too see a Paul Rudd flick (Dinner for Schmuks not included). I quote almost all ten lines, especially the gems from Brian Fantana (“Your reporter in the field…”).
Dinner for Schmucks was horrible. In the past 12 months, it’s my number one movie regret (#1 is Greenberg).
You know how I know you’re gay? You have a man-crush on Paul Rudd.
This!
I knew I was gay long before I’d heard of Paul Rudd, he just confirmed it.
the only quote i knew was from Clueless #3!
#1 is from I Love You, Man.
No, it’s not. #1 and #8 are from “Anchorman.”
Oops…I mean 10. My bad.
I love Rudd – classic.
60 percent of the time it works, every time.
He didn’t really have many lines in Romeo + Juliet, but that’s about all I would recall. That and him playing Mike who married Phoebe. I knew none of these quotes.
60% of the time it works everytime…
I knew all except too, but I was disappointed I didn’t know them all. My personal favorite is number 9. Whenever I watch The 40 Year Old Virgin, I die laughing at that line!
haha, me too, that’s one of my favorites!
10 – I Love You, Man
9 – 40-Year Old Virgin
8 – Anchorman
7 – Wet Hot American Summer
6 – Role Models
5 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4 – The Ten
3 – Clueless
2 – Knocked Up
1 – Anchorman
Beat me, I thought 5 might be that!
Thanks for this list, it explains why I don’t know the quotes.
I think it’s fun to guess. And I know 7 out of 10. 10. I Love You Man, 9. 40yr old Virgin, 8. Anchorman, 7. ?, 6. Pretty sure that’s Role Models, 5. ?, 4. ?, 3. Clueless of course, 2. Knocked Up, 1. Anchorman again.
“When life hands you lemons, I say f*&^ the lemons and bail.”
THIS. Also, “Oh, the weather outside is weather….”
Love that one too!
Ah dang. What movie is that from again?
I love him so much in 200 Cigarettes when he says “Look, I’m just gonna go home and kill myself. You wanna share a cab?”…it’s all in the deadpan delivery.
Also, I didn’t realize a guy wrote this at first, and was trying to figure out why the hell anyone would want to set him up with their sister. Um hello, mine.
It’s not a quote, but the scene of him throwing his tray on the ground in Wet Hot American Summer, and then Jeanne Garofalo staring him down while he petulantly picks everything back up like a bratty 8 year old would is my favorite thing ever.
Seconded. His put-upon sighs make me laugh like a total loon.