“I always get a headache the first time I watch a movie I'm in. Because you're staring at the screen so hard, your brain is doing all this work trying to put things in context of what the day-to-day experience of making it was. And the timeline that's in your head of when it was made, and on what day, how you felt. And then you're also trying to grasp what it's been edited into.” TryingFirstsMadeHardFeltBrainWatchesFirst TimeScreensStaringDay To DayHeadacheEditedTimelines Author:John C. Reilly
“An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.” FirstsSchoolLife IsActorsHappeningsSeriesLife Is LikeFirst Day Of School Author:John C. Reilly
“From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.” PeopleThinkingFirstsSaidBigsFameFirst TimeExplosions Author:John C. Reilly
“I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on 'Space Invaders,' in the form of quarters, of course.” FirstsRememberFormCoursesGamesSpaceAudienceTestsDatingQuartersLots Of MoneyRemember WhenInvadersPinballSpace Invaders Author:John C. Reilly
“Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music.” FirstsFatherResponsibilityBoysWonderfulTaughtProudHeroDadEthicsMy DadFolksFolk Music Author:John C. Reilly
“When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, "Hey you, Step Brother!"” FirstsStepsGrowing UpGrowingBrotherDadMy DadHeyCall MeHey You Author:John C. Reilly
