Dax Shepard Biography

Fast Facts

• Has supported the Hollenbeck Youth Center, an after-school program for at-risk inner-city kids
• Graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in anthropology
• Started acting after being cast in the reality-sketch show "Punk'd․"
• Trained in improvisation at The Groundlings Theater
• Quote: "It's impossible to know until you've had success that it doesn't alter your daily struggles․"
• Quote: "Success is just a war of attrition․ Sure, there's an element of talent you should probably possess, but if you stick around long enough, eventually something is going to happen, you know?"
• Quote: "(On the film "Hit & Run") "This is all my interests and hobbies, all of it wrapped into one project․ It's cars, which I love, it's my real-life fiancée, who I love, and it's all my best friends․ It's got violence, which I love, and it's got evolved, self-actualized communication, which I love․ Almost anything I'm interested in is in this movie․""
• Quote: "I worked for GM because my mother had a company that put on big car shows for journalists․ We'd rent out Michigan International Speedway, and I got tons and tons of seat time in these crazy cars that a 16-year-old should never be allowed to drive․"