Matthew Lillard Quotes

I Got Into A Bad Jag Of Movies That Helped Pay The Rent And I Thought Would Help Further Me Along.

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.

So Much Of Hollywood Is About Who The People You Work With Are.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.