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Rainn Wilson

(1966) Character Actor United States

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Rainn Wilson is a character actor from the United States, best known for Soul Boom.

Quick Facts About Rainn Wilson

Born: January 20, 1966
Nationality: United States
Profession: Character Actor
Notable works: Soul Boom
Spouse: Holiday Reinhorn

About Rainn Wilson

Rainn Percival Dietrich Wilson is an American actor. He starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's American adaptation of The Office from 2005 to 2013 and received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Rainn Wilson

'SoulPancake' is a website that I founded with a couple of friends, and it is for exploring life's big questions.

Big

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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous…

Also

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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

Dad

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Ralph Waldo Emerson would definitely be my homeboy.

Definitely

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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.

Boys

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“7. SUSHI IS ABOUT THE FISH, IDIOTS Sushi is raw fish, Fresh, oily, fatty, delicate, slightly cool, thinly sliced or expertly cubed…

Cream cheese

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I think that doing comedy and playing Dwight is a service. Not to get grandiose about it, but I have a talent…

Character

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The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to…

America

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The camera adds ten pounds and ten thousand dollars.

Add

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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

Dance

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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.

Clown

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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.

Body

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We live in a really racist culture and it's got to be addressed.

Culture

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You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

Famous

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If we're going to sustain 22 episodes a year for the next 10 years, we need that ensemble to fill out the office.

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Working with Steve Carell because he's such a dick. Can I say that? No, I'm totally kidding. The great challenge working on…

Bad hair

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I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate…

Believe

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I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.

Art

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I was doing great plays. It wasn't changing the world. I was getting good agents and doing film and TV and I…

Agents

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I would love to see some comedies about loser women.

Comedy

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I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh…

Baha i

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I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium,…

Creativity

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I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not…

Awkward

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I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth.

Dresses

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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.

Bonds

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