Paul Rudd on Empowering His Kids to be 'Politically Aware' & playing the 'Nice Guy'

The actor is gearing up for his Netflix series, Living With Yourself

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Actor Paul Rudd rarely gets things wrong. So speaks his filmography or his twisted but amazing way of looking at things that include educating his kids. The actor has actually developed a 'nice guy' image of himself in Hollywood over all these years. Recently at a panel in this year's New Yorker Festival, Rudd tried to sort of make it disappear while sharing why he's drawn to it in his films.

"I think that when I get a little nervous, I get a… smile," Rudd said about his charming interview persona during the 90-minute talk at Gerald W. Lynch theater. "I also think there's something about the midwest. The people that I grew up within the midwest — there's something hardwired in them that they just don't take themselves too seriously. They don't get too big for their britches."

The actor rehashed his surprise at Marvel not having "a factory" for actors to bulk up for their roles, how he found his trainer and changed his diet. He also reiterated his previously expressed disappointment at not getting to work with director Edgar Wright. "A lot of people might not know this, but the guy in that car is Garrett Morris, and you know he was in the original cast of Saturday Night Live," Rudd said, referring to a clip that had just been screened. "The reason we did that was because of that famous sketch from Saturday Night Live where John Belushi plays the Hulk in that whole party in the New York apartment. Well, [Morris] actually played Ant-Man in that sketch and so we said we had to get him in there for that cameo."

For the most part, the household doesn't keep the news on in the background like they used to, Rudd explained. Still, his kids are "aware" of what's going on and have even attended the recent climate march, as well as a march against gun violence led by the Parkland students.

"We keep them engaged with the world and let them come up with their own opinions about things. We're immigrants [Rudd's parents are from London]. This is a country of immigrants, and that's a strength. So they're passionate about it and know what they're talking about," Rudd said about his family to cheers. "I keep telling them that this is an anomaly, and this is not normal. Hopefully, it will be normal again."

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