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The Truth Is That Filmmaking Is Not Really An Actor's Medium; It's Really A Director's Medium, So All I Can Really Control Is The Character That I'm Playing. So I Try To Look For Characters That Are Interesting And Engaging And Different Than What I've Done Before And Hopefully It Becomes A Good Movie.

-John C. Reilly

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The Truth Is That Filmmaking Is Not

John C. Reilly

The Truth Is That Filmmaking Is Not Really An Actor's Medium; It's Really A Director's Medium, So All I Can Really Control Is The Character That I'm Playing. So I Try To Look For Characters That Are Interesting And Engaging And Different Than What I've Done Before And Hopefully It Becomes A Good Movie.

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