John C. Reilly Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• The truth is that filmmaking is not really an actor's medium; it's really a director's medium, so all I can really control is the character that I'm playing. So I try to look for characters that are interesting and engaging and different than what I've done before and hopefully it becomes a good movie.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Interesting, Good Movie

• I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways, leads are easier because you have the luxury of time to discover the character.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Luxury, Preparation

  "John C Reilly: Confessions of a scene-stealer". Interview with Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2010.

• Whatever the reasons that I turn things down, I'm always happy when there's a good result, and I can enjoy it as a movie, you know? I don't feel like, 'Oh man, that was really good. I should have done it.' You have to make the decisions you have to make, whether it has to do with your family or repeating a character or whatever it is.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Men, Should Have

  "John C. Reilly, with Jake Kasdan". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. December 25, 2007.

• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Real, Character, Guy

• You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But, we're human beings and our instruments are not violins, they are our bodies and our consciousness and our collective life experience.

  John C. Reilly

  Believe, Character, Play

  "Comic-Con: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Rich Moore Talk WRECK-IT RALPH, Vintage Video Games and Getting the Rights to Game Characters". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 13, 2012.

• This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Bags, Actors

  "John C. Reilly, with Jake Kasdan". Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. December 25, 2007.

• The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Reality, People

  Source: www.esquire.com

• Improvisation, the main thing is it teaches you to be in the moment and present in the moment and be reactive and proactive for what's going on. Someone gives you something - a lot of actors are a little shut off, so they're just doing, "This is my character, these are my lines, I'm going to just send it to you then you send whatever you're sending." Improvisation teaches you to really be listening.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Giving, Listening

  Source: www.gq.com

• I'm much more character based. I try to just be really committed to what I'm doing.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Trying, Committed

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Drama, Character, Swings

• 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.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, Skills, Levels

• If you're really being honest with yourself when you're acting, part of it is touching the real you. You can only separate yourself so much from the character. Those vulnerable moments do touch me.

  John C. Reilly

  Real, Character, Touching

• A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again.' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

  John C. Reilly

  Character, People, Needs

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