Paul Rudd: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis | Netflix Is A Joke

(jazz music) - What was it that you were complaining about about the Me Too movement, before we started filming? What was it? - No, no, I wasn't complaining about that. - Now you don't want to say anything now that the cameras are off. Well. I'm in. Hello and welcome to another edition of Between Two Ferns. My guest today is Paul Rudd. Thank you pablo. - Thank you. - Some people have it all, it seems like talent. How does it feel to have only appearance? - Excellent? - I read that you could stop acting and just disappear. - Where did you read that? - Right here.

I wrote it. What would you prefer, to be in Marvel movies or to be in things no one has heard of? - Be in Marvel movies. - When you go to your acting teacher and leave, I'll have to play a damn ant. What am I supposed to do? - You lost me as an acting coach. - Yes, that seems correct. Do you have any advice for people who have to interview you and are afraid of dying of boredom? - Well, maybe you could feign interest in me. - That's all I do is pretend. I'm not interested in you.

I'm faking it right now. - Clearly. No, I brought it up from the beginning. - Well. Tell us how you started and in show business? - Well, I mean, I- - Can you do it without the umms and the pauses? Can you just (snap)? - I fucked myself until I reached the top. - Have you fucked your way to the C list? - Yeah. - I mean, most people would try to upload a couple of letters. to A. - I went straight to the middle. -Yes. What advice would you give to a young actor who wants to hide his Jewishness as well as you do? - But I have never really tried to hide my Judaism. - "I have never really tried to hide Judaism." Jesus was a Jew and he did not hide it. -No, he put it there for everyone to see.

He is one of our best. - You are practicing? - No, I am not a practicing Jew. I perfected it. - Do you have any advice for young aspiring actors who want to become comedians? - Comedy adjacent? - Not comedy, but comedy's neighbor. - I think I know what you're saying. - They don't necessarily invite you to the comedy house, but sometimes you can come and borrow a cup of sugar. - I can pass the time with comedy. And come to your house, if I don't. - Just don't do your comedy. - Okay, yes. Meet Will Ferrell. - Regarding your career, do you think it would be just as rewarding if you played roles that were not forgettable? -When I take on a role, I like to think that I try, I make it memorable in some way.

Is there anything I've played that you found memorable? - Didn't you appear in a bank commercial or something? I don't do commercials. - I know. - Because, why do you know that? - Because I can't imagine that any advertising company would want you to try and sell their product. - Because? I could do it. Anyone can do it. It's fucking easy. - "Hi, I'm Zach, have you tried this oikos yogurt"? - If you're going to go with racist anti-Greek stuff or whatever, if that's where you're going with this. Your people are lucky that my people set the bar for your people. - That you even refer to "My people" is an offense. - You just said that all Greeks eat yogurt and fuck goats.

You just said that. - I did not do it. I just told you. Not all Greeks. You eat yogurt and fuck goats. Good luck with whoever you interview next. I'm sure it will go better than this. Or maybe not. -Even the way he walked away was forgettable. No one will remember that you just walked away. I promise you. Even if I leave it there, no one will remember it. Especially if I leave it in the edit, no one will remember it. Who was he interviewing? Was it just air or was it a collection of atoms and matter from a human being who doesn't know what the fuck is going on?

Is that what I just witnessed? That's probably what they would say. Oh, I've seen that guy in the movie. I remembered it, I forgot about it. Look at this, this air is 95% better than what that chair occupies. Then I'll talk to the president. Do you have any other projects going on? Shit? What the fuck am I doing? - Between Two Ferns The movie. It is streaming now on Netflix.