Paul Walter Hauser

“The reality is that I love WWE and they represent so much of wrestling in its history. But they've just made a billion poor decisions.”

“Yeah, I was always 'husky.' Then I got really big in high school. It wasn't alcohol weight, it was fast food/'I can never die' weight. I went from 215 to 260 in high school. Then after high school I put on alcohol weight. I was as high as 330, or 333.”

“Journalism is a fascinating job, you get to study people, you have a great responsibility, and it never grows old. I love the profession, I admire people that do it. But like with any story if there's an isolated incident of wrongdoing, you have to shed light on it, to not shed light on it would be tribalism.”

“It doesn't matter what you believe - and everyone believes something different - but I think there's something to be said for fate.”

“The recurring theme for me internally is, 'I was content with what I was doing until something way better just showed up.'”

“I, Tonya' is definitely a calling card for people in the industry to acknowledge who I am or the basis on which I can perform and take characters who could be absurd or fake or unrealistic or obnoxious and try to give some depth and humanity to them.”

“The show understands its tone and characters intimately. 'Cobra Kai' has smart people doing silly things - which I can't get enough of.”

“There's no trophy that will amount to someone trusting you with a sizable portion of their movie, and that's pretty cool.”

“I've always loved movies, and enjoyed theater and stand-up comedy and I had a knack for writing and performing.”

“I think my best acting is always when I have one or two people to get really intimate and friendly with off set and bring that relationship on set.”

“If you watch the movie 'Queenpins,' I believe it is the first film in Hollywood to feature AEW in the film.”

“I guaran-damn-tee you, unless God swipes me from the earth because that's his call anyway, I will be wrestling in a celebrity wrestling match someday, and it will not be forgettable because if I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it, I'm not just going to do it. I'd rather not do it poorly.”

“My whole life I have sort of done my own thing. I rarely ask permission; I sometimes ask forgiveness.”

“I've been very fortunate to have people pull me aside and mentor me.”

“Cruella' is its own movie.”

“You have to take every opportunity that comes your way and do anything that opens up.”

“I always wanted to be that funny young guy who people were like, 'This is the next Belushi or Farley.'”

“I've been turned down by so many things in Hollywood, and the world itself is only getting darker.”

“Sam Rockwell is an occupational hero for me, the same way that Phil Hoffman or Peter Sarsgaard or Michael Shannon are.”

“We can all be cornered and victimized and bullied by someone who's trying to take our contextual clues of our personality or appearance, the circumstantial, and trying to make that evidence to fit their narrative. That's very scary.”