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God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group.
John C. Reilly
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John C. Reilly
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 24
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John Christopher Reilly
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I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.
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I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.
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One of the reasons people find me a believable actor is that I don't seem like one of the gods from Olympus. I seem like someone who was lucky enough to be let into Olympus.
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Once you become tagged as anything, it becomes difficult to shake it, because the less imaginative people in the business want you to do what worked for the last guy. That's always been something I've had to deal with.
John C. Reilly
When I first joined SAG, there was another John Reilly. My dad was John Reilly, too, but growing up I was John John. Nobody in life calls me John C. It's more like, Hey you, Step Brother!
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Hollywood is an illusion. These intense workplaces, with very close relationships, a few months at a time - and then it ends.
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Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music.
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I went to an all-boys Catholic school, and not only were we not allowed to wear pajamas, we had to wear dress shirts, dress pants, a tie, dress shoes... they stopped making us wear blazers, like, two years before I started there, so pajamas... you wouldn't even get in the front door wearing pajamas at my school.
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When they're good, I like working with new actors.
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A lot of times, mainstream critics are much tougher on small, independent movies because they can be.
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I would say whisky or pills. Not both because that can have disastrous consequences.
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I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!
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Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.
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I don't know how to be like a Bill Murray or a Will Ferrell, these guys who know how to make a line funny just by, I don't know, some extra-sense perception. I only know character and emotion and real acting that's all I know how to do.
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If I'm committed to something really stupid, then I'm in a comedy.
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I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.
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Young people can be annoying, let's face it. But they can also be really refreshing to be around and full of enthusiasm.
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I'm a big fan of not letting the audience of off the hook, as they say. I like it when things feel real, and that's oftentimes not comfortable.
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People say, 'Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?' But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you?
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To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.
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