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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.

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 was thinking maybe about being a lawyer. I realized I was interested in becoming a priest at one point. I was just interested in stuff where I could do something I really believed in. And then, I realized if I become an actor, I don't have to choose. I get to do everything. It's worked out so far. But what I really want to do is direct.
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