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Matthew Lillard

Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor, voice actor, director, and producer. He is best known for portraying Chip in Serial Mom (1994), Stu in Scream (1996), Stevo in SLC Punk! (1998), Jerry Conlaine in Without a Paddle (2004) and Shaggy Rogers in both Scooby-Doo (2002) and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004). In animation, he has been the current voice of Shaggy since veteran actor Casey Kasem retired from the role.

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I like the fact that a modern television and modern drama on cable has characters that are really intricate and deep and have multiple layers.

Character, Characters, Drama, Modern, Television

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.

Act, Guy, People, Waiting

Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists. . . people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.

Art, Make, Mostly, People, Right, Running

I like doing family films.

Family, Film, Films, Like

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor.

Actor, Actors, Bad Movies, Like, Think, Thinking

Every kid's dream is to be a great actor.

Actor, Actors, Dream, Kids

Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life. I can kill someone just as quickly as I can have sex with someone. You can switch that instinct, no matter what - you can pretend anything.

Actor, Character, Jobs, Lives, Quickly, Sex

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal.

Deal, Grew, Kids, Rocks, Smart

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.

Clear, Company, Early, People, Term, Theater

Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.

Crush, Good, Hot, Kind, Littles

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.

Drama, Fact, Laugh, People, Thinking

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.

Greatness, Idea, Ideas, Result, Specific, Thinking

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.

Energy, Movie, Rocks, Space, Spurs, Stars

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.

Hard, Hard Times, People, Watch, Watches

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.

Directing, First Love, Inspire, Opportunity, Reality, Stretch

It's always fun to play a bad guy because you get more to do. It's more arch. There's more energy to throw into it.

Fun, Guy, Play, Throw

I'm not a broad comedy guy. I've been funny in movies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who's sometimes funny.

Actor, Actors, Comedian, Guy, Movies

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

Actors, Becoming, Character, Cutting, Past

You may not have faith in my friend fate, But my friend fate has faith in you.

Faith, Fate, Friend, Have Faith, May

Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie.

Happier, Kids, Make, Movie, Nothing

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