“I had to learn to do stuff only for myself, and stop thinking about pleasing some imaginary client or boss. It's a habit that many artists get into that have worked in commercial ventures.” ThinkingArtistStuffHabitBossImaginaryClientsVenture Author:Wayne White
“(In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk.” KindShowsFilmSpeakCopNoirSquadFilm Noir Author:Rainn Wilson
“I like playing misfits, I like playing oddballs, I like playing characters with rough edges.” CharacterEdgesRoughMisfitsOddballsRough Edges Author:Rainn Wilson
“People are flawed. I like peaking into their flaws. The way to humanize them is not to play them in any general way, but to make them very specific. If you make them specific, they have hopes and dreams and loves and vulnerabilities and quirks and you get to know them and you get to appreciate them.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayPlayDreamAppreciateAnd LoveVulnerabilityFlawsFlawedHaving HopeHopes And DreamsQuirksDreams And LovePeaking Author:Rainn Wilson
“I definitely have been known to be grossly insensitive in many different ways, you can ask the wife. To speak without a filter sometimes and not being able to edit myself with much sensitivity.” WayHas BeensDifferentSometimesAbleAsksSpeakKnownWifeDifferent WaysSensitivityEditsFiltersInsensitive Author:Rainn Wilson
“I've been through some very dark times in my life and I've been through those very dark times that's affected my world view, the lens that I see people through, so I can relate to that.” PeopleWorldI CanDarkViewsRelateAffectedLensesWorld ViewDark Times Author:Rainn Wilson
“We live in a really sexist culture, that's got to be addressed. And a really homophobic one. And all those things need to be addressed and looked at.” NeedsCultureSexistHomophobic Author:Rainn Wilson
“When I grew up in Seattle, by the way, in the 70's, it was a fishing village. There were loggers and fishers and my dad had a sewer company and it wasn't the way Seattle is now. Culturally, it was very different back then.” WayDifferentCompanyGrewDadGrew UpMy DadFishingVillageSeattleSewers Author:Rainn Wilson