--- title: "Best Matthew Lillard Quotes" description: "Matthew Lyn Lillard is an American actor, director, and producer. His early film roles include the black comedy Serial Mom (1994) and the crime thriller..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-lillard-65592.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-matthew-lillard-65592.jpg) # Matthew Lillard (1970) Television Actor United States **50** quotes in **371** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Matthew Lillard is a television actor from the United States, best known for *The Naughty List*. ## Quick Facts About Matthew Lillard Born January 24, 1970 Nationality United States Profession Television Actor Notable works The Naughty List Known for Hackers, Scream, Scooby-Doo, Serial Mom, Return to Nim's Island ## About Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard is an American actor, director, and producer. His early film roles include the black comedy Serial Mom (1994) and the crime thriller Hackers (1995). He achieved a career breakthrough for his portrayal of Stu Macher in the slasher film Scream (1996), which bolstered Lillard into the mainstream as a scream king. Afterwards, he starred in prominent roles in SLC Punk! (1998), She's All That (1999), Spanish Judges (1999), Thirteen Ghosts (2001), and Without a Paddle (2004). ## Quotes by Matthew Lillard · Page 2 > [Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/now-more-then-ever-we-have-the-ability-to-make-films-for-almost/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8b/matthew-lillard-13590_ability_now-more-then-ever-we-have-the-ability-t_2138066.jpg) > [Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/hollywood-used-to-be-run-by-artists-and-people-who-loved-artists/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47b/matthew-lillard-13590_art_hollywood-used-to-be-run-by-artists-and_1186759.jpg) > [The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/the-great-thing-about-acting-is-the-longer-you-do-it-the-more-you/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/matthew-lillard-13590_acting_the-great-thing-about-acting-is-the-long_3116983.jpg) > [My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/my-first-love-is-acting-but-the-reality-is-that-i-just-don-t-get-too/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Acting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/matthew-lillard-13590_acting_my-first-love-is-acting-but-the-reality_2837797.jpg) > [As a kid, as a young actor, I really wanted to pop. I wanted to create something different. I wanted to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/as-a-kid-as-a-young-actor-i-really-wanted-to-pop-i-wanted-to-create/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/matthew-lillard-13590_actor_as-a-kid-as-a-young-actor-i-really-wante_2979204.jpg) > [You just realize that at the beginning of 'Scooby' you're just going to start at level ten and stay at ten the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/you-just-realize-that-at-the-beginning-of-scooby-you-re-just-going-to/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/matthew-lillard-13590_beats_you-just-realize-that-at-the-beginning-o_860644.jpg) > [Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/being-onstage-is-like-being-rock-star-whereas-if-you-re-doing-a-movie/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/034/matthew-lillard-13590_causes_being-onstage-is-like-being-rock-star-wh_2366425.jpg) > [I've really enjoyed the independent film world. I've had a blast. But, the reality is that I really want to make bigger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/i-ve-really-enjoyed-the-independent-film-world-i-ve-had-a-blast-but/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/matthew-lillard-13590_bigger_i-ve-really-enjoyed-the-independent-film_2485737.jpg) > [Somehow, someway, you get kind of labeled this guy who was in a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie too many. And Freddie Prinze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/somehow-someway-you-get-kind-of-labeled-this-guy-who-was-in-a-freddie/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Clooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clooney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73f/matthew-lillard-13590_clooney_somehow-someway-you-get-kind-of-labeled_3200106.jpg) > [The more lines I have, in general, the worse a movie is. It's very rare that I get say great things in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-lillard/the-more-lines-i-have-in-general-the-worse-a-movie-is-it-s-very-rare/) [Matthew Lillard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/) [Fantastic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fantastic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/532/matthew-lillard-13590_fantastic_the-more-lines-i-have-in-general-the-wor_742831.jpg) ## Matthew Lillard by topic [Theatre (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/matthew-lillard/) [Actors (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/matthew-lillard/) [People (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/matthew-lillard/) [Actor (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/matthew-lillard/) [Movie (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/movie/matthew-lillard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-lillard/#itemlist", "name": "Matthew Lillard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry. 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