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. Matthew Lillard More Quotes by Matthew Lillard More Quotes From Matthew Lillard I was like, what the hell is my life coming to? I'm a trained actor! I've done Shakespeare and here I am having farting contests with an imaginary dog! Matthew Lillard dog here-i-am funny You may not have faith in my friend fate, Matthew Lillard fate have-faith may I like doing family films. Matthew Lillard film When you go from movie to movie, it's like going from family to family. You work with people for really intense hours on really long days and a bond happens. So even when a movie is terrible, you love it. Matthew Lillard intense long people Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie. Matthew Lillard kids The more lines I have, in general, the worse a movie is. It's very rare that I get say great things in fantastic movies. So if you see me as like, number one on a call sheet? In general, that movie is pretty bad. Matthew Lillard fantastic lines numbers 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. Matthew Lillard jobs character sex 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. Matthew Lillard falling-in-love actors memories 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. Matthew Lillard cutting character past 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. Matthew Lillard rocks space stars 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. Matthew Lillard running people art 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. Matthew Lillard greatness ideas thinking Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette. Matthew Lillard crush hot littles 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. Matthew Lillard bad-movies actors thinking 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. Matthew Lillard creativity independent film 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. Matthew Lillard drama people thinking 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. Matthew Lillard office romantic america So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are. Matthew Lillard hollywood people I got into a bad jag of movies that helped pay the rent and I thought would help further me along. Matthew Lillard helping pay 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. Matthew Lillard theater film television
