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We have put together a list of some of the best Quotes that Written by Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lillard
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I Got Into A Bad Jag Of Movies That Helped Pay The Rent And I Thought Would Help Further Me Along.
Pay
Helping
Now, More Then Ever, We Have The Ability To Make Films For Almost Nothing And That's Broken Down All Barriers Of Entry. I Think It's A New Golden Age Of Film-making. With That, There Needs To Be The Ability To Recoup Investment Dollars, People Need To Make Money.
Thinking
People
Broken
So Much Of Hollywood Is About Who The People You Work With Are.
People
Hollywood
Something Like 'without A Paddle' Does Really Well At The Box Office And I'm Like, 'oh, Here We Go.' In 'without A Paddle' I'm The Romantic Lead - Great! A Comedy And That's What America Wants. Then It Did Nothing For Me And I Went Into Kind-of A Work Abyss. I Just Didn't Get Another Shot.
Romantic
America
Office
When You're Making An Independent Film What You Don't Have In Time And Money You Have To Make Up With Creativity And Diligence.
Creativity
Independent
Film
If I Could Act In Theater, My Whole Life, And Never Act In Film Or Television Again, And Just Direct The Rest Of My Life, I Would Gladly Do That.
Television
Film
Theater
I've Really Enjoyed The Independent Film World. I've Had A Blast. But, The Reality Is That I Really Want To Make Bigger Movies. If I Could Make Movies That Carry Great Characters And Great Performances And Great Pathos, And Can Have An Explosion Or Two, That Would Be Fine With Me.
Character
Independent
Reality
A Lot Of Times, As A Clown, You Find Acting For A Reason. It's A Way To Exercise Yourself. If You're Funny, You Test Yourself.
Exercise
Acting
Tests
My Tone And My Style Are Reflected In The Movies I Choose To Make. I Want To Make Big Movies. My Dream Is To Be Jon Favreau Or Ben Affleck.
Dream
Style
Want
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
Thinking
Ideas
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.
Careers
Awkward
Kind
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.
People
Guy
Waiting
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 Times
People
Watches
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.
Love Is
Acting
Actors
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.
Jobs
Crazy
Reality
You Become Funny For A Reason. I Became An Actor Because That's Who I Was, Nothing Else - It Was The Only Thing I Was Good At. You Become A Clown And You Make People Laugh Because A) It Protects You From Everything, And B) It's This Validating Force In Your Life. And When You're 12 And 13 Years Old, You Need Validation And You're Lost And You're Kind Of Floating And You Suffer From A Severe Learning Disability And You're Overweight And You Have Glasses... You Become Funny For A Reason.
Glasses
Years
Validation
Every Kid's Dream Is To Be A Great Actor.
Dream
Kids
Actors
As A Kid, As A Young Actor, I Really Wanted To Pop. I Wanted To Create Something Different. I Wanted To Be Sean Penn, But I Didn't Have All The Words To Be Sean Penn. But I Was Trying To Do Something Different In Every Role.
Kids
Trying
Different
Being An Actor, When You Sign Onto A Project - Whether It's Good, Bad, Or Indifferent - You Kind Of Fall In Love With It. You Fall In Love With The Experience, You Fall In Love With The Memories.
Falling In Love
Memories
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."
Roots
People
Actors
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.
Drama
Character
Layers
The Stage Is A Training Ground And It's Where You Learn What's Funny And What's Successful.
Successful
Training
Stage
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.
Guy
Comedian
Actors
When I Was In High School, I Was The Guy Directing Plays After Class. I Started My First Theater Company At 19, And My Second Theater Company At 21. I've Always Been A Guy Who Doesn't Do Well With The Passive Nature Of Being An Actor.
School
Class
Play
Born: January 24, 1970
Occupation: Actor
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