Latest Matthew Lillard Quotes from Interviews

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• To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal.

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  Smart, Kids, Rocks

  "Matthew Lillard Does Punk Proud". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 6, 2012.

• My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certainly not in terms of where I make money. Yeah, I can go off and do a play, but the reality is as a profession, directing is exponentially more satisfying.

  Matthew Lillard

  First Love, Opportunity, Reality

  "Matthew Lillard Does Punk Proud". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 6, 2012.

• I've always been a guy that doesn't do well waiting for people to say, "You can act." It's always been a part of me.

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  People, Guy, Waiting

  "Matthew Lillard Does Punk Proud". Interview with Niki Cruz, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 6, 2012.

• I'm almost 40, so it's an awkward time in my career. You kind of hope it comes through and, if not, I'll be a waiter. Awesome.

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  Careers, Awkward, Kind

  "EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Lillard Puts His Improv Chops on Display". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 6, 2009.

• Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie.

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  Kids

  "EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Lillard Puts His Improv Chops on Display". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 6, 2009.

• The stage is a training ground and it's where you learn what's funny and what's successful.

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  Successful, Training, Stage

  "EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Lillard Puts His Improv Chops on Display". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 6, 2009.

• I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

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  Guy, Comedian, Actors

• My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck.

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  Dream, Style, Want

  "Matthew Lillard Spells ‘Trouble’ for Clint Eastwood in New Drama". Interview with Angela Dawson, frontrowfeatures.com. September 18, 2012.

• It's always fun to play a bad guy because you get more to do. It's more arch. There's more energy to throw into it.

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  Fun, Play, Guy

• If I could act in theater, my whole life, and never act in film or television again, and just direct the rest of my life, I would gladly do that.

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  Television, Film, Theater

  "Matthew Lillard Talks FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• I've really enjoyed the independent film world. I've had a blast. But, the reality is that I really want to make bigger movies. If I could make movies that carry great characters and great performances and great pathos, and can have an explosion or two, that would be fine with me.

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  Character, Independent, Reality

  "Matthew Lillard Talks FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you inspire people to give their best, then you're going to get the best result.

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  Greatness, Thinking, Ideas

  "Matthew Lillard Talks FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh.

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  Drama, Thinking, People

  "Matthew Lillard Talks FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• I don't go to parties. I don't go to clubs. My friends and I don't go drinking, we play D&D. I'm still a weird entity in the world.

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  Party, Drinking, Play

  "Matthew Lillard Talks Fat Kid Rules the World, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater company.

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  People, Theater, Term

  "Matthew Lillard Talks FAT KID RULES THE WORLD, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19, and my second theater company at 21. I've always been a guy who doesn't do well with the passive nature of being an actor.

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  School, Class, Play

  "Matthew Lillard Talks Fat Kid Rules the World, Becoming a Director, the Film’s Road to Development and Plans for Future Directorial Projects". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 10, 2012.

• There's not a comedy actor who doesn't want a chance to do drama, and vice versa. As actors, we're always looking to be pushed and to do the other side of the coin.

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  Drama, Actors, Coins

  Source: collider.com

• I like the fact that a modern television and modern drama on cable has characters that are really intricate and deep and have multiple layers.

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  Drama, Character, Layers

  "Matthew Lillard Talks the Bridge Season 2, His Favorite Aspect of the Character, the Scream Tv Show, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 20, 2014.

• I fired a bunch of people and kind of went back to my roots. I fired my agent - I had this big, fancy agent and a big fancy manager and a big fancy lawyer - and I went back to my first agent and said, "I want to go back to just being an actor."

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  Roots, People, Actors

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

• The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you. No matter how crazy they are, you can pretend that they are a part of you. The great thing about this job is you get to play with every aspect of your id and who you are.

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  Jobs, Crazy, Reality

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

• Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life. I can kill someone just as quickly as I can have sex with someone. You can switch that instinct, no matter what - you can pretend anything.

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  Jobs, Sex, Character

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

• The older I get, the more I can't stand violence and have a hard time with seeing people die in horrific ways. It gets harder and harder to watch and deal with that stuff.

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  Hard Times, People, Watches

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

• For better or worse, I take my acting seriously. I may not have been in the best movies ever made, but I take it deathly serious, and I love being an actor.

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  Love Is, Acting, Actors

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

• A lot of times, as a clown, you find acting for a reason. It's a way to exercise yourself. If you're funny, you test yourself.

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  Exercise, Acting, Tests

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

• You become funny for a reason. I became an actor because that's who I was, nothing else - it was the only thing I was good at. You become a clown and you make people laugh because a) it protects you from everything, and b) it's this validating force in your life. And when you're 12 and 13 years old, you need validation and you're lost and you're kind of floating and you suffer from a severe learning disability and you're overweight and you have glasses... you become funny for a reason.

  Matthew Lillard

  Glasses, Years, Validation

  "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.