John C. Reilly - biography

“This is real human drama, we’re not creating some amusement park ride for the summer.  Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it’s got a real pathos behind it.”

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

“You were there all day long, 12 hours a day.  So there was none of this, ‘I’m going back to my trailer, my trailer’s bigger than your trailer,’ that kind of Hollywood nonsense.”

“I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.”

“Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job.  One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story.”

“One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn’t leave.  Especially when we were out at sea.”

“There’s something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling.  You’re on Earth but not quite.”

John C. Reilly has appeared in the following films:
We’re No Angels (1989)
Casualties of War (1989)
State of Grace (1990)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
Hoffa (1992)
Out on a Limb (1992)
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
The River Wild (1994)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Sydney (1996)
Boys (1996)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Magnolia (1999)
The Settlement (1999)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
The Anniversary Party (2001)
Chicago (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Hours (2002)
The Good Girl (2002)
Anger Management (2003)
The Aviator (2004)
Criminal (2004)
Dark Water (2005)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Year of the Dog (2007)
Step Brothers (2008)
Cirque du Freak (2009)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (2009)
9 (2009)
The Extra Man (2010)
Cyrus (2010)
Carnage (2011)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)


John C. Reilly contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Step Brothers (2008)