Matthew Lillard Quotes

So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are.

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.

Charlie Brown’s good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.

Somehow, someway, you get kind of labeled this guy who was in a Freddie Prinze Jr. movie too many. And Freddie Prinze Jr. – it’s not his fault, either – it’s just these are the things that happen. I’m not a George Clooney; I don’t have a ton of opportunities.

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.

I got into a bad jag of movies that helped pay the rent and I thought would help further me along.