John C. Reilly Quotes - Page 4

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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!

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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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• Once you become tagged as anything, it becomes difficult to shake it, because the less imaginative people in the business want you to do what worked for the last guy. That's always been something I've had to deal with.

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  People, Guy, Want

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

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• Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

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  Fun, Play, Ideas

  "The Outsiders: John C. Reilly on Terri". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 30, 2011.

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• It's true that the skills required to be a conman are the same as those required for being an actor. Though those skills are in the service of something a bit more noble with acting, I hope.

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  Skills, Acting, Noble

  "Life of Reilly" by Jason Solomons, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2004.

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• Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music.

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  Dad, Father, Hero

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

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

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  People, Mystery, Certain

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

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

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  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.

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  Groups, Force

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

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  Trying, Generations, Hey

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

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• I think that's some of the stuff that we kind of joke on in the movie, this obsession; number one, winning is everything, number one, number one.

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  Winning, Winning Is Everything

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

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• I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something emotional, something that's not just chasing the laugh."

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  Emotional, Men, Laughing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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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.

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  Morning, Fighting, Way

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• 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.

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  Nice, Mean, Thinking

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

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• I've worked with a lot of great directors and often times they solicit your ideas.

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  Ideas, Directors

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

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• It's kind of liberating to be able to bring your own ideas to things, but it's also a lot of pressure, it's like screenwriting on your feet.

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  Feet, Ideas, Pressure

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

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• A lot of times, mainstream critics are much tougher on small, independent movies because they can be.

  John C. Reilly

  Independent, Mainstream, Critics

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think just getting a movie done is an accomplishment in itself.

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, Accomplishment, Done

  Source: www.avclub.com

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