John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly
John Christopher Reilly is an American actor, comedian, singer and writer. He is one of several actors whose career was launched by Brian De Palma...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth24 May 1965
CountryUnited States of America
michael trying
Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.
play envy trying
I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do it over and over and over. To me, that's a lot easier than trying to reinvent yourself every six months.
trying hey generations
Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.
skills challenges trying
I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.
views always-trying worry
I view my strongest competition as myself. You're always trying to top yourself, rather than worrying about what other people are doing.
trying directors use
Whenever I work on something, I try and throw everything I have at it. Then if the director finds it useful they use it, and if not, they ignore it!
brain trying firsts
I always get a headache the first time I watch a movie I'm in. Because you're staring at the screen so hard, your brain is doing all this work trying to put things in context of what the day-to-day experience of making it was. And the timeline that's in your head of when it was made, and on what day, how you felt. And then you're also trying to grasp what it's been edited into.
character trying committed
I'm much more character based. I try to just be really committed to what I'm doing.
trying littles matter
I swear and it comes off a little angry, no matter how funny I'm trying to do it. If I use certain words with a certain intensity, it's like 'Whoa whoa whoa, buddy buddy!'
best dad growing memories passed spent time
My dad was a big fisherman. He passed away, but a lot of time I spent growing up was on the water, so a lot of my best memories are from that.
misery optimistic realized
For a while I had a blues band in L.A., but I realized I was too optimistic to play the blues. I did not have the misery in my heart that the blues required.
peaceful solitary
There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.
felt telling typical
Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story.
baseball learn love perform police
In 'Magnolia,' I had to learn all this police training. In 'For Love of the Game,' I had to perform like a major-league baseball player.