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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
#Acting
#Character
#Funny
#Know
#Real
I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.
- John C. Reilly
#Blues
#Growing Up
#Harmony
#Me
#Together
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.
- John C. Reilly
#Chair
#Christmas
#I Am
#Movies
#People
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
#Best
#Face
#I Am
#Look
#Work
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
#Door
#Dress
#Pajamas
#School
#Shoes
A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.
- John C. Reilly
#Good
#Next
#People
#Say
#Scene
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
#Always
#Character
#Preparation
#Time
I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through their brain.
- John C. Reilly
#Brain
#Go
#Heart
#Music
#Pure
One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.
- John C. Reilly
#Leave
#Middle
#Sea
#Unique
#Water
I would consider directing. I think directing myself would be tough, but I'm definitely interested in directing. I might start off directing a play before I move to a film.
- John C. Reilly
#Film
#Myself
#Play
#Start
#Tough
This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.
- John C. Reilly
#Famous
#I Am
#Love
#Myself
#Work
This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.
- John C. Reilly
#Behind
#Drama
#Human
#Real
#Ride
For a long time, it was like I was part of some special forces unit: I'd land, meet everyone, five minutes later I'd have to do some amazing work, then - boom! - I'm out again. You know, playing supporting parts takes courage.
- John C. Reilly
#Amazing
#Courage
#Long
#Time
#Work
Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.
- John C. Reilly
#Being
#Me
#Nervous
#Old-Fashioned
#Show
I come from a pretty working-class neighborhood in Chicago. Hard work was just expected of you. It wasn't some noble thing you did; it was a prerequisite. It's what a man did. You get up, you put on your boots, and you work hard. We've lost a lot of that, I'm afraid.
- John C. Reilly
#Afraid
#Hard Work
#Lost
#Man
#Work
I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.
- John C. Reilly
#Ahead
#Character
#Mine
#More
#Skill
There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.
- John C. Reilly
#About
#Earth
#Feeling
#Something
#Water
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
#Dating
#Game
#Money
#Myself
#Space
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
#American
#Dad
#Doing
#Listening
#Music
Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.
- John C. Reilly
#Looking
#Movies
#People
#Romantic
#Women
Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this hole inside that they're trying to fill by performing. I'm anxious to keep creating, but I'm not so desperate any more because I have the love and support of my kids and wife.
- John C. Reilly
#Life
#Love
#My Life
#Patience
#Wife
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