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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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John C. Reilly
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 24
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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 one, number one.
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If I'm committed to something really stupid, then I'm in a comedy.
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The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.
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I think just getting a movie done is an accomplishment in itself.
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I don't mind doing scripted material. It's actually kind of a relief, because improvising is a little bit like screenwriting on your feet.
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Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.
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I don't know who I am, to tell you the truth.
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I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.
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I was a solid C student because I was doing so many plays. I was a drama nerd, but I was also kind of a Zelig-like character I would shift between different groups of people. But the people I spent most of my time with were either chorus or swing choir or the drama nerds.
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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.
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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, 'You just work. You just keep working.' And in some ways I wish I could be a guy who's just a workhorse.
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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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I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through their brain.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Harry Potter' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films.
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I would say whisky or pills. Not both because that can have disastrous consequences.
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I'm dating myself by saying this, but I was the test audience for 'Space Invaders.' I remember when that was the first game that wasn't a pinball game. I spent a lot of money on 'Space Invaders,' in the form of quarters, of course.
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Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.
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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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I give as much as I can, and it's up to someone else to turn it into a movie. Good luck to you!
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I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's totally tedious.
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