John C. Reilly

Despite not looking like a matinee idol, I feel like I have a lot to give. I've never had any trouble with women. People are always surprised with the romantic aspect of my movies.

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

I would love to do a western. I would love to play an explorer. That is always something that has really captured my imagination since I was a kid, like James Cook or Magellan or Earnest Shackleton.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!

I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.