John C. Reilly Quotes - Page 3

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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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• 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 grew up listening to a lot of player-piano music in my house and a lot of old Tin Pan Alley songs and American standards. My dad listened to a lot of traditional Irish music and I grew up doing musical theater. So most of the music I was exposed to as a kid was pre-rock n' roll.

  John C. Reilly

  Song, Dad, Kids

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, Actors, Want

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. September 15, 2004.

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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.

  John C. Reilly

  People, Roles, Mystery

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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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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Real, Character, Guy

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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.

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  Fun, Lucky, Able

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• I'm bored by repeating myself, and I would imagine that an audience would be bored by me repeating myself.

  John C. Reilly

  Bored, Would Be, Imagine

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  People, Perspective, Kind

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

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• The truth is, when you're at the track, it was an interesting thing about stock car racing as a sport, is you almost get more out of it watching it on TV.

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  Sports, Stock Car Racing, Track

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

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• I'm not a huge sports fan in general, I don't spend a lot of time watching other people do stuff. I tend to like to go out and do stuff myself.

  John C. Reilly

  Sports, People, Fans

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

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• I do a lot of improvising on movies, actually.

  John C. Reilly

  Improvising

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

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• The kind of über-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, "Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny."

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  People, Laughing, Mind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Somehow that doesn't feel like a natural human thing to do, to go to those dark places, you have to kind of force yourself to do that. And comedy, it's like you're excited to get there in the morning every day.

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  Morning, Dark, Comedy

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

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• Life is often confusing and sad, and I'm a big fan of the slap and the tickle, as they say.

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  Confusing, Fans, Life Is

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm a big fan of not letting the audience of off the hook, as they say. I like it when things feel real, and that's oftentimes not comfortable.

  John C. Reilly

  Real, Hook, Fans

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, Careers, People

  "John C. Reilly: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. November 21, 2011.

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• I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways, leads are easier because you have the luxury of time to discover the character.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Luxury, Preparation

  "John C Reilly: Confessions of a scene-stealer". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2010.

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• For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.

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  Heart, Optimistic, Play

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Actors, Want

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.

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  Over You, Complaining, Actors

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. September 15, 2004.

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