“The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.” PeopleKnowsCharacterRealityAccepting Author:John C. Reilly
“I like working with people I know. It saves a lot of awkward conversations and getting-to-know-you kinda moments. You trust the people if you know them.” PeopleIfsKnowsMomentsConversationAwkward Author:John C. Reilly
“I don't know how to be like a Bill Murray or a Will Ferrell, these guys who know how to make a line funny just by, I don't know, some extra-sense perception. I only know character and emotion and real acting; that's all I know how to do.” KnowsRealCharacterGuyLinesActingEmotionKnow HowPerceptionBillsExtrasSense Perception Author:John C. Reilly
“This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.” IfsKnowsWellsWholeCharacterActorsStuffKnownKnow HowModelsBagsSpokesWell KnownAppreciatedRacket Author:John C. Reilly
“I don't think I could ever stop doing serious movies and just do comedies, or vice versa, but there is something cool about going to work everyday and you're just trying to make your friends laugh. That's nice work if you can get it, you know what I mean? It's different than going to work and knowing that I've gotta slap someone in the face today, and then I've gotta cry, and someone's gonna die, I've gotta get myself to that place.” IfsThinkingKnowsTryingMeanDifferentTodayFacesDiesLaughingKnowingComedyNiceCrySeriousEverydayVicesGoing To WorkVice VersaSlapNice Work Author:John C. Reilly
“I like when people know exactly, have a good sense of themselves, and know exactly what's good for them, I admire that, but I don't have anywhere near that kind of perspective on my own.” PeopleKnowsKindMy OwnPerspectiveAdmireGood Sense Author:John C. Reilly
“I like being employed, you know. That's my favorite kind of acting.” KnowsKindActingMy FavoriteEmployed Author:John C. Reilly
“I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.” PeopleKnowsWorldNamesMissionsAccomplishedMission Accomplished Author:John C. Reilly
“For a long time, it was like I was part of some special forces unit: I'd land, meet everyone, five minutes later I'd have to do some amazing work, then - boom! - I'm out again. You know, playing supporting parts takes courage.” KnowsLongForceFiveLandMinutesSpecialLong TimeUnitsFive MinutesSpecial ForcesAmazing Work Author:John C. Reilly
“I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most beautiful and dashing people can become movie stars. So when someone like me sneaks in, they have to redo the calculations.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBeautifulStarsMediaBillsLike MeGoodsIdolsMovie StarCalculationsSneakDashingSneak InRedos Author:John C. Reilly
“I was more like a middle child. My youngest brother was the baby, so he got all the attention that the baby gets. And my older brothers were getting into so much trouble that I was left in the middle, doing plays. I was up to no good, but my mother didn't know it!” KnowsChildrenPlayMotherLeftAttentionTroubleMiddleBrotherBabyOlder BrotherMiddle Child Author:John C. Reilly
“I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.” PeopleKnowsWayGivingTryingLooksI CanHardFacesGivenLevelsOfficeRadioBoxesAppealsHere I AmBox Office Author:John C. Reilly
“In Chicago it's really a case of the play's the thing - people are just so happy to be acting, you know? We were all actors - not like in New York or Los Angeles, where everyone says they are actors but they are actually waiting tables and hustling for spots in commercials.” PeopleKnowsPlayActorsWaitingActingCasesNew YorkTablesSpotsLos AngelesChicagoHustleWaiting Tables Author:John C. Reilly
“That's one of the difficult things of being an actor that I'm still not used to. You have to go, you have to show up at these places where you know nobody, and sometimes with really impressive, high stakes people like Roman Polanski.” PeopleKnowsStillsSometimesShowsUsedActorsDifficultStakesImpressiveDifficult Things Author:John C. Reilly
“Whatever the reasons that I turn things down, I'm always happy when there's a good result, and I can enjoy it as a movie, you know? I don't feel like, 'Oh man, that was really good. I should have done it.' You have to make the decisions you have to make, whether it has to do with your family or repeating a character or whatever it is.” KnowsMenFeelsShouldI CanReasonDoneCharacterTurnsEnjoyDecisionResultsShould HaveAlways Happy Author:John C. Reilly
“You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But, we're human beings and our instruments are not violins, they are our bodies and our consciousness and our collective life experience.” KnowsBelieveHumansPlayCharacterBodyActorsHuman BeingsConsciousnessTruth IsInstrumentsWheelsCollectivesLife ExperienceViolin Author:John C. Reilly
