John C. Reilly Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• If I'm committed to something really stupid, then I'm in a comedy.

  John C. Reilly

  Stupid, Comedy, Committed

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Here's the thing, with comedy - and I learned this from Will Ferrell - you can't be ashamed. If you're doing comedy, you have to fully commit to the joke. Shame is not part of it. If you act shy or uncomfortable about your body, that makes the audience shy and uncomfortable. And in a comedy you just want them to loosen up and laugh.

  John C. Reilly

  Laughing, Shy, Body

• Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of über-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, "Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny."

  John C. Reilly

  People, Laughing, Mind

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. June 16, 2010.

• I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think that is the key to longevity in a career.

  John C. Reilly

  Thinking, Keys, Careers

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com. 2011.

• If people want to see me in comedies, that's fine with me.

  John C. Reilly

  People, Want, Comedy

• I don't think I could ever stop doing serious movies and just do comedies, or vice versa, but there is something cool about going to work everyday and you're just trying to make your friends laugh. That's nice work if you can get it, you know what I mean? It's different than going to work and knowing that I've gotta slap someone in the face today, and then I've gotta cry, and someone's gonna die, I've gotta get myself to that place.

  John C. Reilly

  Nice, Mean, Thinking

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

• There's so much joy in doing comedy work, and that's one of the reasons I like to do it - because it's just a hilarious day at work.

  John C. Reilly

  Joy, Comedy, Reason

• Somehow that doesn't feel like a natural human thing to do, to go to those dark places, you have to kind of force yourself to do that. And comedy, it's like you're excited to get there in the morning every day.

  John C. Reilly

  Morning, Dark, Comedy

  "Interview: John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights)". Interview with Devin Faraci, trouble.city. August 2, 2006.

• I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.

  John C. Reilly

  Nice, Night, Laughing

• I get the greatest joy from just doing anything, being an actor. Doing music, and doing what I love to do. I don't make a huge distinction between comedy and drama. I think the whole point is just trying to be as honest, from moment to moment, as you can be. If you're honest about the material, and the material is ridiculous, then you're in a comedy.

  John C. Reilly

  Drama, Thinking, Joy

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