Paul Rudd: Ham Glazer Turned Thespian

Before you were an actor, weren't you a ham glazer?

I glazed hams. It's rhythmic. There's more to it. Yeah, it's you got and you gotta get it down. I don't wanna brag or anything but I had the rhythm down.

What's up guys? Nikki Novak here in the Young Hollywood studios with Paul Rudd. How are you?

I'm good. Look at this. You this so that the pillow doesn't move. You don't do that at your house? You don't take pillows to the couch?

I would love to have a Young Hollywood pillow for my house.

Listen for you. We might let you take one home.

Well, actually, you know what? Let's just get this out of the way first. Really? Yeah. Here we go. Here's a hat. Is that a good consolation prize?

This is you know, you Maybe just a hat and a pillow. Not to be offended. A new one would have been a little nicer. This is I let my cat go at it this morning. This thing is just chewed up. It's exciting to be on Young Hollywood. Is it?

The couch. I know before we we started rolling you were getting very comfy on this couch. You know, this it's just it it it's so happening. Speaking of hip, Mr. Ned. Your character. I mean your outfit, your wardrobe. I heard it was like your favorite wardrobe of all time of any character. Hands down. Say it. Who's the man?

Who's the man?

Who's the No, say who I'm the man.

You're the man.

You're the man.

I'm the man.

You're the man. That's right. Say it.

I'm the man.

Say it.

I'm the man.

Louder.

I'm the man. Yes. Come on. I know that when I first read it, the it the first for some reason that came to my mind was, "Oh, I think this guy wears red crocs." I don't I don't know if I can play this character or get let me at it. No, I'm like I want some Crocs. No, I knew immediately that I wanted to let me at 'em. I want 'em. I want to play 'em. But it's a fine line. I want I don't want the guy to be like a hipster in any way.

I see I'm so not I'm I'm I'm past that point that I don't know what's hipster or not. But that makes you cool.

No, I don't think it does. I think the t-like that's a nice thing to say but I don't I really don't think it does make me cool. I think it just makes me like, "Oh, you know what? I'm now I'm I I crested the the thing. I'm now too old."

Before you were an actor, weren't you a ham glazer?

I glazed hams.

How do you glaze hams?

I glazed hams.

How do you glaze hams?

It's uh

Is there a skill involved?

There is. There's um it's it's it's rhythmic. And uh yeah. No, it's there's there's more to it. Yeah, it's you got and you gotta get it down. And I don't wanna brag or anything but I had the rhythm down. There's a there is a a metal spit. Like a like a that you put a ham on, you put like the ham. And uh and yeah and then there there was a torch, a propane torch that hung

So it's dangerous.

It is. Yeah, I had to wear plastic wrist guards.

Gosh, did you get hurt?

I never did but I smelled like ham. For four months. I only did it for about four months. Um but I and it

That it was so raw. You probably had women just attracted to you for no apparent reason you're like dogs. Very viscerally. So thank you so much for coming in.

Thank you, Young Hollywood. You said you were gonna get closer on the couch and you didn't. You said you were gonna lie down. You said, Young Hollywood. Are we gonna sport the hat? I feel like Kellen Lutz.