List of John C. Reilly Quotes

Life Is Often Confusing And Sad, And I'm A Big Fan Of The Slap And The Tickle, As They Say.

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.

I'm Bored By Repeating Myself, And I Would Imagine That An Audience Would Be Bored By Me Repeating Myself.

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."

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.

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.

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.

Unless You Do The Same Thing, It's Tough For Stereotypes To Stick. That Said, Whatever You've Done That's Most Popular At A Given Moment Is What People Think "you Do."

I Just Like Surprising People. I Never Want To Get To A Place Where People See That I Am In A Movie And They Go See The Movie And They Expect A Certain Performance One Way Or The Other. That Is Just Inherently Boring To Me.

I'm Not Of The Manor Born; I've Never Felt Entitled In That Way. I Just Came To Hollywood To Be An Actor. All That Lifestyle Stuff Is Something To Be Managed.

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.

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.