John C. Reilly Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.”

“I kinda taught myself how to play guitar, and I still play to this day. It's become a pretty big part of my life.”

“An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.”

“I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.”

“There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.”

“To me, it doesn't make any sense to pick your work based on the size of the budget of the movie.”

“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.”

“I know I'm not some matinee idol, but I think we're sold this bill of goods by the media, which says that only the most beautiful and dashing people can become movie stars. So when someone like me sneaks in, they have to redo the calculations.”

“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.”

“That's one of the difficult things of being an actor that I'm still not used to. You have to go, you have to show up at these places where you know nobody, and sometimes with really impressive, high stakes people like Roman Polanski.”