John C. Reilly Quotes

The thing I tried to remember when I was younger was 'Do something that's at least as good, if not better, than the last thing you did.' So I started with Brian De Palma and Sean Penn. I had a pretty high bar to start with.

John C. Reilly

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Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodStartBetterRememberYouHigh

No good deed goes unpunished. I missed the moon landing by being nice to a stranger.

Joe Haldeman

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I like to dance. I'm not going to say that I'm a good dancer.

Jessie Usher

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All the guys that entered The Groundlings, like Will Ferrell, already had incredible confidence, but I watched shut down women that didn't even have a personality completely become different human beings because of the training.

Jennifer Coolidge

ConfidenceWomenPersonalityTraining

If I know I have to memorize lines, I'm really gonna try to memorize lines. It's hard for me sometimes, because somebody wrote these words and you're trying really hard to get them the way they said it.

Amy Sedaris

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After 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which was this big, long five-year project, I spent a year making small things.

Spike Jonze

Small ThingsSmallYearLongWild

What I have done is to show the importance for the working of the economic system of what may be termed the institutional structure of production.

Ronald Coase

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With 'Arrested Development,' we tried showing the deep disdain that connects a family. We wanted to hold up a mirror to American society. And, just as predicted, America looked away.

Mitchell Hurwitz

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Running has been great for keeping me fit throughout my acting career.

Jason Flemyng

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If the club decides to sack me, honestly, I don't feel this pressure.

Antonio Conte

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It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

Sydney Madwed

JobHoursCountsPut

I was allowed to meet my family every two weeks for a half hour.

Mordechai Vanunu

FamilyMeetTwoHalfHourEvery

I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real.

Kurt Vile

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