John c. reilly

I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.

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.

I like being employed, you know. That's my favorite kind of acting.

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

Hey, I'm just trying to become the Michael Caine/Gene Hackman of my generation.

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

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

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.

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...