Matthew Lillard Quotes & Sayings

“I direct with energy. I believe in energy. I think energy is an electric thing in actors. I try to inspire, encourage, and make choices with lots of energy. And truth. I'm big fan of truth and being funny. I like leading 50 people into battle every day.”

“When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.”

“Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.”

“Something like 'Without a Paddle' does really well at the box office and I'm like, 'Oh, here we go.' In 'Without a Paddle' I'm the romantic lead - great! A comedy and that's what America wants. Then it did nothing for me and I went into kind-of a work abyss. I just didn't get another shot.”

“Thing is, I'm a funny actor, but I'm not good at being funny. I'm going to ramble for a second: I'm an actor who can make things funny in the moment, like in stakes or in circumstances or out of character.”

“There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.”

“Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.”

“Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry. I think it's a new golden age of film-making. With that, there needs to be the ability to recoup investment dollars, people need to make money.”

“Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.”

“I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor.”