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John C. Reilly Biography

John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He made his film debut in Brian De Palma's war film Casualties of War (1989). Reilly gained exposure through his supporting roles in Days of Thunder (1990), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and The River Wild (1994). He also starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's films, Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997) and Magnolia (1999). For his performance in Chicago (2002), Reilly was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe Award. He worked with director Martin Scorsese on both Gangs of New York (2002) and The Aviator (2004).

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I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's totally tedious.

Believe, Enjoy, Time, Working It

Most boys' first hero is their father. That was definitely true of my dad. He was a proud Irish American and he taught me a lot about ethics and responsibility. He also introduced me to a lot of wonderful folk music.

Dad, Ethics, Father, Hero, Irish, Proud

Life is often confusing and sad, and I'm a big fan of the slap and the tickle, as they say.

Confusing, Fans, Life Is, Sad, Big, Slap

The less people know about me in reality, the more they can accept of me as a character.

Accept, Character, People, Reality

A lot of people that make films say, 'We need this kind of character. Who's done it before? Get them to do it again. ' That is exactly what actors are pushing against. It's kind of a cliche to talk about being stereotyped in that way, but it happens.

Character, People, Needs, Way, Kind, Films

I'm alienated from this world because its weird and I don't want to be a part of it. I want to be part of the people that are more imaginative and crazy.

Crazy, Imaginative, People, World

Somehow that doesn't feel like a natural human thing to do, to go to those dark places, you have to kind of force yourself to do that. And comedy, it's like you're excited to get there in the morning every day.

Comedy, Dark, Force, Human, Morning

People say, 'Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?' But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you?

Coming, Love, Love You, People, Time, Tired

God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group.

Forbid, Force, God, Groups, Option

I've never been someone who's been given work because of the way I look or because I have some box office appeal. I get work because people know I'm swinging as hard as I can, trying to connect, giving it my level best. I have a face for radio, but here I am doing what I do.

Box, Connect, Given, Here I Am, Office, People

Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.

Aspect, Giving, Idols, People, Women

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

Love, Name, Names, People, World

I don't deliberately go into comedy or go into indies, but I do deliberately try to keep changing tact, because I think that is the key to longevity in a career.

Careers, Indies, Key, Keys, Tact, Thinking

I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something emotional, something that's not just chasing the laugh. "

Emotional, Frontier, Laughing, Love, Men, Thought

Whatever the reasons that I turn things down, I'm always happy when there's a good result, and I can enjoy it as a movie, you know? I don't feel like, 'Oh man, that was really good. I should have done it. ' You have to make the decisions you have to make, whether it has to do with your family or repeating a character or whatever it is.

Character, Done, Down, Men, Repeating, Should Have

I listen to a lot of Chicago blues, I suppose. It reminds me of growing up, I guess. But I'm also obsessed by close-harmony groups. Actually, I'm fascinated particularly by brother duos, how they blend together. The Everly Brothers, the Stanley Brothers, The McQuarrys. There's something inherently magical about harmony.

Brother, Growing Up, Harmony, Stanley, Together

I hear actors complain about being stereotyped, and a lot of the time, you have yourself to blame. Just don't take the part if you feel like it's a stereotypical part for you. You have control over your life. We don't have the old studio system, where you have to do what they tell you.

Actors, Complaining, Hear, Like, Over You, Part

Movies are this thing that came into my life, and it still feels pretend in some way. I kind of do this thing, and I never really accepted this idea that I'm a film actor. That's what I do. I feel like I'm a theater actor that started doing films. Most people have never seen me in a play. They're fun, though.

Accepted, Fun, Ideas, Play, Pretend

I did a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio, and his skill level was eons ahead of mine. It was really more like an abattoir - he just slaughtered my character over and over again.

Ahead, Character, Eons, Levels, Skills, Slaughtered

I mean I was very shy but I was also very extroverted because I was doing plays. I'd been doing plays since I was a little kid. But, I did feel like an outsider because I went to like a 'college-prep' kind of high school that had a really big football team and was known for its program so I was like this weird boy that did plays.

Football, Kids, Outsider, Program, School, Team

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