--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Rainn Wilson" description: "14 Way quotes by Rainn Wilson. Plus more from Rainn Wilson and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/rainn-wilson-4323_believe_and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change_1436558.png" --- > [And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change-a-society-to-uplift-people/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/rainn-wilson-4323_believe_and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change_1436558.png) > [I play Dwight. That is just much me being of service and worshiping as if I'm on my knees in some temple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-play-dwight-that-is-just-much-me-being-of-service-and-worshiping-as/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcc/rainn-wilson-4323_dwight_i-play-dwight-that-is-just-much-me-being_1507144.png) > [I definitely have been known to be grossly insensitive in many different ways, you can ask the wife. To speak without a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-definitely-have-been-known-to-be-grossly-insensitive-in-many/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/rainn-wilson-4323_able_i-definitely-have-been-known-to-be-gross_1376828.jpg) > [And I want to find a way to be of service to humanity. I think that's crucial. So want to be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/and-i-want-to-find-a-way-to-be-of-service-to-humanity-i-think-that-s/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/rainn-wilson-4323_art_and-i-want-to-find-a-way-to-be-of-servic_1009209.png) > [When I grew up in Seattle, by the way, in the 70's, it was a fishing village. There were loggers and fishers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/when-i-grew-up-in-seattle-by-the-way-in-the-70-s-it-was-a-fishing/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/427/rainn-wilson-4323_business_when-i-grew-up-in-seattle-by-the-way-in_2406286.png) > [So much about religion has to do with rigid, sacrosanct preciousness. I don't live my life that way, and I don't feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/so-much-about-religion-has-to-do-with-rigid-sacrosanct-preciousness-i/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/rainn-wilson-4323_about_so-much-about-religion-has-to-do-with-ri_2030122.png) > [I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-came-to-realize-i-did-believe-in-god-i-couldn-t-conceive-of-a/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/rainn-wilson-4323_believe_i-came-to-realize-i-did-believe-in-god-i_414690.png) > [I used to play a lot of chess and competitive chess and study chess and as you get to the grandmasters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-used-to-play-a-lot-of-chess-and-competitive-chess-and-study-chess/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/rainn-wilson-4323_astonishing_i-used-to-play-a-lot-of-chess-and-compet_2285256.png) > [People are flawed. I like peaking into their flaws. The way to humanize them is not to play them in any general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/people-are-flawed-i-like-peaking-into-their-flaws-the-way-to-humanize/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/rainn-wilson-4323_and-love_people-are-flawed-i-like-peaking-into-th_2720712.png) > [I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-was-raised-to-think-about-philosophy-and-religious-thought-and-the/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/rainn-wilson-4323_baha_i-was-raised-to-think-about-philosophy-a_1605461.png) > [My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/my-dad-was-always-such-a-frustrated-artist-he-always-worked-very-hard-2/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/rainn-wilson-4323_art_my-dad-was-always-such-a-frustrated-arti_982517.jpg) > [Everyone is an artist. Everyone is creative in their own way and that that creativity is a great thing. It's a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/everyone-is-an-artist-everyone-is-creative-in-their-own-way-and-that/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/rainn-wilson-4323_art_everyone-is-an-artist-everyone-is-creati_1444648.png) > [ \[Internet\] technology, like anything else that mankind creates is a tool and that tool can be used for good or for evil,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/internet-technology-like-anything-else-that-mankind-creates-is-a-tool/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/rainn-wilson-4323_break_internet-technology-like-anything-else-t_3099508.png) > [I was doing great plays. It wasn't changing the world. I was getting good agents and doing film and TV and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-was-doing-great-plays-it-wasn-t-changing-the-world-i-was-getting/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/rainn-wilson-4323_agents_i-was-doing-great-plays-it-wasn-t-changi_463165.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Rainn Wilson > ['SoulPancake' is a website that I founded with a couple of friends, and it is for exploring life's big questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/soulpancake-is-a-website-that-i-founded-with-a-couple-of-friends-and/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/my-dad-was-always-such-a-frustrated-artist-he-always-worked-very-hard/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/my-dad-wanted-to-name-me-after-rainier-maria-rilke-the-poet/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/ralph-waldo-emerson-would-definitely-be-my-homeboy/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/a-guy-may-wear-a-suit-and-have-a-high-paying-job-and-appear-very/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [“7. SUSHI IS ABOUT THE FISH, IDIOTS Sushi is raw fish, Fresh, oily, fatty, delicate, slightly cool, thinly sliced or expertly cubed sections of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/7-sushi-is-about-the-fish-idiots-sushi-is-raw-fish-fresh-oily-fatty/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [I think that doing comedy and playing Dwight is a service. Not to get grandiose about it, but I have a talent for playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-think-that-doing-comedy-and-playing-dwight-is-a-service-not-to-get/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/the-great-challenge-working-on-this-show-for-me-is-wearing-polyester/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [The camera adds ten pounds and ten thousand dollars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/the-camera-adds-ten-pounds-and-ten-thousand-dollars/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/music-is-universal-too-even-deaf-people-like-to-dance-love-rhythm-and/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-know-what-i-look-like-a-weird-sad-clown-puppet-i-m-fine-with-that/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/my-body-has-been-making-women-laugh-for-the-last-20-years-and-i-m/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [We live in a really racist culture and it's got to be addressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/we-live-in-a-really-racist-culture-and-it-s-got-to-be-addressed/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/you-meet-people-in-hollywood-that-are-famous-and-you-re-not-sure-what/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) > [If we're going to sustain 22 episodes a year for the next 10 years, we need that ensemble to fill out the office.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/if-we-re-going-to-sustain-22-episodes-a-year-for-the-next-10-years-we/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/rainn-wilson/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Rainn Wilson", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rainn Wilson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change-a-society-to-uplift-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/rainn-wilson-4323_believe_and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change_1436558.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/rainn-wilson-4323_believe_and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change_1436558.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/rainn-wilson-4323_believe_and-i-do-believe-that-the-way-to-change_1436558.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift…” — Rainn Wilson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I play Dwight. 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