Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lyn Lillardis an American actor, voice actor, director and producer. He is known for his roles as Stu Macher in Scream, Stevo in SLC Punk, Chip from Serial Mom, and the voice of Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 January 1970
CityLansing, MI
CountryUnited States of America
roots people actors
I fired a bunch of people and kind of went back to my roots. I fired my agent - I had this big, fancy agent and a big fancy manager and a big fancy lawyer - and I went back to my first agent and said, "I want to go back to just being an actor."
jobs crazy reality
The great thing about acting is the longer you do it, the more you realize that all those realities are inside you. No matter how crazy they are, you can pretend that they are a part of you. The great thing about this job is you get to play with every aspect of your id and who you are.
hard-times people watches
The older I get, the more I can't stand violence and have a hard time with seeing people die in horrific ways. It gets harder and harder to watch and deal with that stuff.
love-is acting actors
For better or worse, I take my acting seriously. I may not have been in the best movies ever made, but I take it deathly serious, and I love being an actor.
numbers lines fantastic
The more lines I have, in general, the worse a movie is. It's very rare that I get say great things in fantastic movies. So if you see me as like, number one on a call sheet? In general, that movie is pretty bad.
long people intense
When you go from movie to movie, it's like going from family to family. You work with people for really intense hours on really long days and a bond happens. So even when a movie is terrible, you love it.
people theater term
I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater company.
greatness thinking ideas
You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you inspire people to give their best, then you're going to get the best result.
drama thinking laughing
I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh.
first-love opportunity reality
My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certainly not in terms of where I make money. Yeah, I can go off and do a play, but the reality is as a profession, directing is exponentially more satisfying.
people guy waiting
I've always been a guy that doesn't do well waiting for people to say, "You can act." It's always been a part of me.
kids
Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie.
careers awkward kind
I'm almost 40, so it's an awkward time in my career. You kind of hope it comes through and, if not, I'll be a waiter. Awesome.
successful training stage
The stage is a training ground and it's where you learn what's funny and what's successful.