John C. Reilly Quotes

A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again.' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

John C. Reilly

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Author Biography

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

Topics

CharacterPeopleDoneSayKindWay

I prefer to write about ordinary people who find themselves in a singularly bizarre situation - that is to say, the one moment in their lives when they are forced to confront danger or mystery.

Jesse Kellerman

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'Star Trek' seems to be an appeal to our better nature, the side of ourselves that works toward peace and cooperation and understanding and knowledge and yearns to seek out knowledge rather than the side that wants to divide and control one another.

John Cho

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I feel like I owe it to the readers to try to pull back the veil and give them the honest version of what's going on. But it's not more fun. If Obama, as he does sometimes already, gets a little snippy with me about something I've written, you're thinking, 'Oh God, the president of the United States is already annoyed with me.'

Maureen Dowd

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That's one of the things that's great about acting. You can play all the different aspects of a human being.

Jeff Bridges

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If the court strikes down the Defense of Marriage Act, is that a 'liberal' result enabling gay couples married in states where gay marriage is legal to enjoy the same economic advantages that federal laws now grant to straight couples? Or is it a 'conservative' ruling, limiting the federal government's ability to override state power?

Jeff Greenfield

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I don't meditate anymore, and I wouldn't call myself a Buddhist nowadays, though I do chant mantras here and there depending on the situation.

Amber Mark

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I was a telemarketer for exactly one week in 2005. I could not take 'no' one more time. I could not take the rejection.

Sufe Bradshaw

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I wanted to be in show business, and I was funny.

Tom Smothers

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Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.

Tom Clancy

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When you want to be a fighter, you have to give it everything you got. MMA just became who I am because of the amount of work I was putting into my training. It all starts in the gym. The hours turn into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months; it's like school - the more time you spend learning, the better you'll be prepared for a test.

Rose Namajunas

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All I've done since I was young was hone my craft.

Logic

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When I was younger, I looked at getting older as this process of getting less interested in things and becoming colder, and of finding less joy in the mystery of things. And I've found the exact opposite to be true. I find that I'm getting warmer, and that I'm more mystified by human interactions.

Jon Brion

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