John C. Reilly Quotes

Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of ueber-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, 'Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny.'

John C. Reilly

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• If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.

  

  Garth Nix
  • People
  • Good
  • Love

• There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.

  

  Nas
  • People
  • Game
  • Change

• I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us.

  

  Natasha Tsakos
  • People
  • Kids
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• If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • People
  • World
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• When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.

  

  A. Scott Berg
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  • Great
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• The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
  • Done
  • Job
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• I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • People
  • She
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• We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.

  

  Ozzie Smith
  • People
  • Real
  • Know

• You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

  

  Parker Posey
  • People
  • Know
  • For Her

• I can't take the subway anymore. I think I can still take the bus, though. It's a double-edged sword because I'm grateful that people recognize and support me, but there are definite downsides to that.

  

  Park Bo-gum
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• I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.

  

  Kacey Musgraves
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  • Think
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• The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

  

  J. Cole
  • People
  • Today
  • Eyes

• People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.

  

  Ralph Baer
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  • Life
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• Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of, altogether as a whole, not just from MTV. Like, if ABC has another reality show, I'm like, 'Oh God, another reality show.' But people love them. 'The Hills', 'Laguna Beach'... those do extremely well. It's just a personal preference.

  

  Damien Fahey
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• I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.

  

  Harold S. Geneen
  • People
  • Believe
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• I never get tired of performing to people who want to hear me. Hell, that's my handshake to the world. I'm doing just what I've wanted to do since that day I was 15 and heard Lenny Breau play the guitar.

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
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• People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • World
  • Experience

• At the New York Athletic Club they serve amazing food. People go there, get healthy, and then eat themselves to death - which is, I suppose, the right way to do it.

  

  Oliver Reed
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  • Death
  • Food

• I want to expand jazz; I don't want to keep the audience limited. I want to reach people who have never come to a jazz concert before. One way to do that is by making records that have a lot of different kinds of music on them.

  

  Charlie Haden
  • People
  • Music
  • Different

• When I got divorced, I thought 'Well, there goes my act.'

  

  Louis C. K.

• Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.

  

  Oscar Levant
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• If you can sell yourself as someone who knows how Washington works, someone who has these relationships, that's a very marketable commodity. If you're seen as someone who knows how this town works, someone who is a usual suspect in this town, you can dine out for years - that's why no one leaves.

  

  Mark Leibovich
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• Kind of the exhausting thing about doing pure comedy, or something that's broader, is you're kind of a slave to the laugh. If it's not funny, then there's not much point in doing it. The kind of ueber-objective is to make people laugh. You always have to have that in the back of your mind, 'Eh, I've got to figure out a way to make this funny.'

  

  John C. Reilly
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