Paul Rudd Covers 2010 GQ Magazine: Comedy Issue

GQ is about to release their annual Comedy Issue and they have made the very wise decision to put the very funny Paul Rudd on the cover. As you may recall, I recently got to watch Clueless on the big screen again for the first time since it was originally released in 1995 and altho I’ve seen the movie COUNTLESS times since its initial release, I was reminded again how great an actor Paul Rudd really is. I love GQ for putting him on the cover. The coverstory features interviews with Zach Galifianakis and Tracy Morgan as well as Mr. Coverboy Rudd … here is our first look at Paul’s GQ cover and some excerpts from the interview with all 3 funny men:

Tracy Morgan on the importance of being uncool in order to be funny: “Cool is the enemy of funny. You can’t be cool and be funny at the same time. Only Eddie Murphy could do that.”

Tracy Morgan on making Obama funny: “Black people joke about it all the time. It’s a black family, so we make fun of it. ‘Michelle, where’s my cigarettes? I had a pack of Kools sitting on the DESTRUCT button!’ I just think that white people don’t want to offend him. Me, I make fun of every **** body. I don’t care. I never say black humor or white humor. I never put the black race on my back.”

Zach Galifianakis on what is “never not funny”: “I think miscommunication is funny. I will never stop a conversation between two people if I’m the third party. My dad was talking to this Greek guy who was telling him about olive soap, soap made out of olives. But my dad was talking about olive soup. And my dad is like, so you put the olive soup all over your body in the shower? It was just the funniest thing.”

Zach Galifianakis on the correlation between gaining weight and his success:
“I used to be really cute. I could send you earlier photos where I’m stunning. But I’ve gained about twenty pounds over the past two years, and the more weight I’ve put on, the more success I’ve had. If you drew a diagram of weight gain and me getting more work, a mathematician would draw some conclusions from that.”

Paul Rudd on how he’d make Jay Leno’s show funnier: “Hire Conan.”

Paul Rudd on being known as funny: “I’ve never considered myself to be too much of a comedian. I’ve never considered myself to be too much of anything. I just lucked out and got to work with some really funny people, and somehow have been able to parlay it into a lot of comedies.”

LOL … Paul’s comment on how to make Leno funnier is SPOT ON! She is so the man, I love him. After the jump, check out some photos from Paul Rudd’s GQ photospread …

I’m a big fan of GQ’s Comedy Issue … but this year, I’m really excited to pick up a copy. Paul Rudd has to be one of my fave actors who I feel is so under-appreciated. I’ve loved him in pretty much everything … but I have to go back to Clueless. He will always be that lovable “older brother type” who fell in love with his step sister and stole America’s collective hearts. Awwww.

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