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outline for the structure of the film than an actual commentary on religion or morality. “I don’t think [writer/director] David [Wain] or [writer/actor] Ken [Marino] or any of the creative forces behind this movie thought the Ten Commandments was particularly absurd,” he says. “In fact I don’t think they wanted to have any comment on the Ten Commandments…The Ten Commandments was kind of a good template to use, but there is nothing that is really said about [them]. In fact in the end when we’re singing that it’s all about love, it’s completely unearned. There’s nothing in the film that says this is what it’s really all about which is intentional and ludicrous. I think it’s just the Ten Commandments because it seemed funnier than the Bill of Rights.”

In fact, perhaps that gives Rudd an idea for his next film. “It might be the Bill of Rights, that could be the sequel,” he jokes. “What else could we do? The Seven Wonders of the World. I know one thing, if I’m producing I’m Hanging Gardens of Babylon.”

It’s clear that Rudd has a knack for comedy, but pursuing that was never specifically one of his ambitions. “This has kind of been a strange trajectory for me,” he says. “I was always a big comedy fan but I never ever did sketch comedy, never studied improv, never did stand-up—that was never my goal. I went to college and studied theater and I went to a theater conservatory and I live in New York because I wanted to do plays and still do plays and I loved dramatic films and I wanted to do everything. I still do want to go back and forth between all sorts of different things.”

As a fan of comedy, Rudd cites many influences. “I find many of the people that I’ve worked with to be incredibly funny,” he says. “Formative comedy figures—a major one that I think is the common thread with a lot of the people that I’ve worked with is Steve Martin. I think that we were all very much impacted by those comedy records that he put out in the ‘70s. And I think another comic voice that does not get the props that he deserves, even though he gets props, is David Letterman. I like his whole sensibility and I think he has shaped a certain sense of irony and randomness in comedy that has affected all of us, certainly me.”

Although Rudd does hope to work on various different projects—whether it be comedic films, dramatic films, or heading back to the theater to do a play—for now he is content right where he is. “I’m really kind of happy at this point in my life being able to work with these people that I’ve worked with repeatedly and I can’t imagine anything being more enjoyable because we are all friends and we all seem to laugh at a lot of ...

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