“I get the greatest joy from just doing anything, being an actor. Doing music, and doing what I love to do. I don't make a huge distinction between comedy and drama. I think the whole point is just trying to be as honest, from moment to moment, as you can be. If you're honest about the material, and the material is ridiculous, then you're in a comedy.” IfsThinkingTryingWholeMomentsJoyActorsComedyHonestMaterialsHugeDramaRidiculousDistinction Author:John C. Reilly
“[Country Music] is the final destination for many punk rockers [...] Rockabilly is the mid-point and then [they] end up at Country [...] There's purity to that music and I think that appeals to a lot of punk rock people - the precision, the purity, and the directness of Country Music.” PeopleThinkingEndsCountryRocksMusic IsFinalsAppealsPurityDestinationPunkPrecisionPunk RockRockersFinal DestinationRockabilly Author:John C. Reilly
“Unless you do the same thing, it's tough for stereotypes to stick. That said, whatever you've done that's most popular at a given moment is what people think "you do."” PeopleThinkingSaidDoneMomentsGivenToughSticksStereotype Author:John C. Reilly
“Actually, acting turned out to be the perfect job for me, because I had a lot of different interests. I thought about being a priest at one point. I thought about being a teacher. I thought about being a lawyer. But I think acting is probably the best job for me.” ThinkingDifferentJobsInterestPerfectActingTeacherLawyerPriestsBest JobBeing A TeacherPerfect Job Author:John C. Reilly
“I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.” ThinkingPlayMightWould BeFilmMovingTough Author:John C. Reilly
“I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think that is the key to longevity in a career.” ThinkingTryingCareersComedyKeysLongevityTact Author:John C. Reilly
“It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think, 'You just work. You just keep working.' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingWholeGuyActorsWishQualityCareersEccentricQuality Control Author:John C. Reilly
“I think just getting a movie done is an accomplishment in itself.” ThinkingDoneAccomplishment 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 was thinking maybe about being a lawyer. I realized I was interested in becoming a priest at one point. I was just interested in stuff where I could do something I really believed in. And then, I realized if I become an actor, I don't have to choose. I get to do everything. It's worked out so far. But what I really want to do is direct.” IfsThinkingWantActorsStuffBecomingDirectLawyerI RealizedPriests Author:John C. Reilly
“I feel like a teenager myself, so I appreciate it when the kids think you're all right.” ThinkingFeelsKidsAppreciateTeenager Author:John C. Reilly
“My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family. I guess I was fun to have around.” PeopleThinkingFunMy FamilyGenesStoryteller 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
“Honestly, to tell you the truth, being trapped in any video game sounds like a living nightmare to me. In most video games, the point is it's a fight for survival, so I think it would be a terrifying place to live.” ThinkingWould BeFightingGamesSoundSurvivalHonestlyVideoNightmareTrappedPlaces To Live Author:John C. Reilly
“I don't really get off on the anonymous love of strangers, which I think a lot of actors do. They're lacking something in their own personal lives, so they want the adoration of autographs and all that stuff.” ThinkingWantActorsStuffStrangerLackingPersonal LifeAdorationAutographsLacking Something 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 love card games, and I've always loved board games and stuff like that as a kid, and I think it's that part of your brain that's engaged in con movies. It's like this 'Who's outsmarting whom?'” ThinkingKidsGamesStuffBrainCardsBoardsEngagedBoard Games Author:John C. Reilly
“I'm not a big fan of kids' movies that have this knowing snarkiness to them or this post-modern take on storytelling. I think that sails right over the heads of most kids. There's something to be said for a well-told fairy tale. There's a reason that these mythic stories stay with us.” ThinkingWellsSaidReasonStoriesBigsKidsKnowingFansModernTalesStorytellingPostsFairyFairy TaleSailKids Movie Author:John C. Reilly
