John C. Reilly Quotes - Page 3

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• I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of my life.

  John C. Reilly

  Guitar, Play, Taught

  "Interview: John C. Reilly talks Cyrus, torrid romance, and musicals". Interview with Christine Champ, www.mtv.com. June 29, 2010.

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• There's so much joy in doing comedy work, and that's one of the reasons I like to do it - because it's just a hilarious day at work.

  John C. Reilly

  Joy, Comedy, Reason

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• I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.

  John C. Reilly

  Nice, Night, Laughing

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• I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also kind of a Zelig-like character; I would shift between different groups of people. But the people I spent most of my time with were either chorus or swing choir or the drama nerds.

  John C. Reilly

  Drama, Character, Swings

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• Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.

  John C. Reilly

  Nervous, Old Fashioned, Shows

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• God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group.

  John C. Reilly

  Groups, Force

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• Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

  John C. Reilly

  Trying, Generations, Hey

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

  John C. Reilly

  Perfect, Actors, Employee

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• Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action ,you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon.

  John C. Reilly

  Morning, Fighting, Way

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• I am one of those people who is not very patient in the makeup chair. I have been offered movies like 'Planet of the Apes' and stuff like 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas' and I turned them down.

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  Makeup, People, Stuff

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• I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had a big linen-supply business and I considered working for him. What dawned on me was: 'If I'm an actor, I get to do the fun parts of every job!' Without having to go to four years of law school.

  John C. Reilly

  Jobs, Fun, Father

  "John C. Reilly: this much I know" by Emma John, www.theguardian.com. February 09, 2013.

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• 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!

  John C. Reilly

  Mother, Baby, Brother

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• I went to an all-boys Catholic school, and not only were we not allowed to wear pajamas, we had to wear dress shirts, dress pants, a tie, dress shoes... they stopped making us wear blazers, like, two years before I started there, so pajamas... you wouldn't even get in the front door wearing pajamas at my school.

  John C. Reilly

  School, Boys, Shoes

  "John C. Reilly and Jacob Wysocki Interview TERRI". Interview with Heather Warburton, collider.com. June 30, 2011.

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• I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton.

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  Kids, Play, Imagination

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Games, Space, Dating

  "Comic-Con: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Rich Moore Talk WRECK-IT RALPH, Vintage Video Games and Getting the Rights to Game Characters". Press Conference, collider.com. July 13, 2012.

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Kids, Thinking, Knowing

  "John C. Reilly Talks WRECK-IT RALPH, How He Got Involved, Rooting for the Underdog, His Reaction to Seeing the Finished Film and Doing More Voice-Overs". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 2, 2012.

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Here I Am, Office, People

  "Conquer Your Shortcomings". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. December 15, 2011.

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• 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.

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  New York, Play, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's a mystery why certain people find certain things funny.

  John C. Reilly

  People, Mystery, Certain

  "John C. Reilly Explains It All". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 06, 2014.

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• To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.

  John C. Reilly

  Size, Picks, Budgets

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• Whenever I work on something, I try and throw everything I have at it. Then if the director finds it useful they use it, and if not, they ignore it!

  John C. Reilly

  Trying, Directors, Use

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• Why people pick me for the roles that they do is a bit of a mystery.

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  People, Roles, Mystery

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• A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again.' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

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  Character, People, Needs

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, Keys, Careers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 2011.

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• I'm aware of how lucky I am. Being able to make pretty good money, and get to do a lot of fun work, and at the same time I'm not besieged by photographers.

  John C. Reilly

  Fun, Lucky, Able

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