John C. Reilly Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 24, 1965

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When I'm sniffing around new territory, I often choose, rather randomly, one general book and then follow its bibliography and notes to other, more specialized works and to the primary source material.

Andrea Barrett

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I find it very strange when people say that they are trying to solve 'Uncle Vanya' or find a solution for 'Henry V.' Plays aren't puzzles. They are about playing. But so much theatre has become about performing and acting rather than playing, which is a great pity because audiences are captivated by watching people play.

Robert Lepage

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I am determined to hold on as long as possible, but if I should disappear, I should not have had the time to familiarize my successors with the necessary information.

Jean Moulin

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Ideally, I'd like to write poetry for public performances and prose for a different, more contemplative kind of consumption.

Amitava Kumar

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I'm very much an action movie type of person. My wife is more of a 'Notebook' type of girl.

Ronny Chieng

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I can't be the Mayor of L.A. I hate the Dodgers. I'm a Yankee fan. Yankee fans can't ever root for the Dodgers.

Rudy Giuliani

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It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it. When I'm writing fiction, I must believe it to be true, or I can see no point in it.

Michael Morpurgo

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At my very core, I'm pretty shy. I just happen to have a weird job.

Johnny Depp

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It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.

Christiaan Barnard

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Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.

Chris Christie

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I'm very passionate, and I care about the people that are around me.

Christina Milian

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I love New York! It's probably my favorite city in the entire world.

Brad Goreski

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