John C. Reilly Quotes

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.

John C. Reilly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Visionless status quo policy towards Latin-America, particularly towards Cuba, has turned off a lot of people, and I think it's created an opening.

Joe Garcia

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Car accidents kill so many of us; we're not going to give up cars, so it seems like we ought to make them harder to crash.

John Gruber

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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.

John F. Kennedy

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When I heard the BBC was making 'Little Women,' I rushed to audition.

Maya Hawke

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In every aspect of life, I consider myself incredibly fortunate.

Matt Mullenweg

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Preparing for a stunt is like training for a sporting event.

Jean-Paul Belmondo

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My wife tells me I should check out 'Downton Abbey', but I gather that series might be almost too intense for my temperate nature.

Michael Dirda

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Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.

Mercedes McCambridge

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For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.

Sophocles

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He taught me literature, and he actually taught me how to read. He was my personal mentor.

Shimon Peres

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Media is so weird; everything is so accessible now. It used to be this thing where, if you did something on 'This American Life,' this predates me, but when David Sedaris did it, for example, it would just play, people who heard it heard it, and then the book would come out a year later, and people would be like, 'Ahh, I kind of remember that.'

Mike Birbiglia

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I need to get better with my 3-wood and hybrid. Those are the clubs I missed the majority of my fairways with.

Jason Day

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