Anchorman 2 Cast: Paul Rudd Is Our Favorite Everyman; He Compares Career To Mowing Lawns

Paul Rudd is now a top comedic actor. He doesn't go over the top, and he could fit right in on any movie role without blowing it apart. In a way, he's like the anti-Jim Carrey.

A recent feature on Paul Rudd by The Guardian suggests more of the same. He hasn't noticed how many movies he has made or how far he's gone.

From The Guardian: "When I ask a film buff what he thinks of Rudd, he says: "I love Paul Rudd. All gay men love Paul Rudd. It's a rule." I present this to Rudd, who laughs and asks if there was any overlap between those who wanted sex and those who wanted to start filming. "It would just save time."

Rudd has been married for 10 years, has two small children, and is based in Greenwich Village, where he's lived for roughly 18 years. He moved to New York in the 90s after a summer at BADA, (British American Drama Academy) and his aims were, from the beginning, practical. "I always wanted to get enough of a foundation where I felt that I could sustain a career - I wanted a slow burn. I knew that I wanted to be a working actor; I wanted to do things I liked and feel as if I knew how to do it."

He still looks back fondly at "Wet Hot American Summer" from 2001 and 2004's Anchorman": "They're the only two scripts I sort of kept around to read just out of pleasure," he tells me. "When I met [Anchorman director] Adam McKay, he said: 'I know you can do comedy.' But it was not my background. I did not do Second City or sketch comedy. Then I met Judd, and he was doing 40-Year-Old Virgin and then Knocked Up, so I started working with a lot of the same people."

 "I've worked steadily for a good number of years now, and it's like yard work, where you're doing it in pieces. When it's all done, you look back and you're like: 'Oh look, I mowed a whole lawn. When did that happen?' I ask him how many lawns he thinks he's mowed. "I've mowed a couple of plots of land."

He adds two more 'lawns.' Prince Avalanche is in cinemas 18 October. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is out in December