I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I'm aware of how lucky I am. Being able to make pretty good money, and get to do a lot of fun… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
A lot of times, mainstream critics are much tougher on small, independent movies because they can be. — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Hollywood is an illusion. These intense workplaces, with very close relationships, a few months at a time - and then it ends. — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
If you're really being honest with yourself when you're acting, part of it is touching the real you. You can only separate… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Just look around, in life, there's people who want to date people who look like themselves, and there are people who are… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I get the greatest joy from just doing anything, being an actor. Doing music, and doing what I love to do. I… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
For a long time, it was like I was part of some special forces unit: I'd land, meet everyone, five minutes later… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Improvisation, the main thing is it teaches you to be in the moment and present in the moment and be reactive and… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I always get a headache the first time I watch a movie I'm in. Because you're staring at the screen so hard,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I always felt really guilty if I spent too much time playing video games. It's a colossal waste of time. And I… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action ,you're always fighting the… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge sports fan in general, I don't spend a lot of time watching other people do stuff. I tend… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
Unless you do the same thing, it's tough for stereotypes to stick. That said, whatever you've done that's most popular at a… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I'm a big fan of the 'Harry Potter' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films. — John C. Reilly Copy Share
It's thought of as an eccentric thing for an actor to really try to maintain quality control through the whole career. Most people think,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world. — John C. Reilly Copy Share
Unless you do the same thing, it's tough for stereotypes to stick. That said, whatever you've done that's most popular at a given moment… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control is the… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But,… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action ,you're always fighting the clock; the… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
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.'… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
I would say whisky or pills. Not both because that can have disastrous consequences. — John C. Reilly Copy Share
I think that's some of the stuff that we kind of joke on in the movie, this obsession; number one, winning is everything, number… — John C. Reilly Copy Share
