Rainn Wilson Quotes

Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.

The making of art is no different than prayer.

I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.

Well, Dwight was born to be No. 2 and I don't think he would know what to do as a leader. But he loves following. He would have made a great fascist.

I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.

Not everything is a lesson. Sometimes you just fail.

This is one doodle that can't be un-did, Homeskillet.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.

My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.

Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up.

I was a total dork in high school.

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.

The Baha'i celebrity, or the Belebrity, is a character actor with a big head playing an annoying creep on a TV show.

Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.

I grew up watching comedy. It was among all the geeky things that I did.

What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences.

I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.

I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight.

I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.

I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

Scotland is the Canada of England!

I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.

I want to keel over on stage playing King Lear at age 99 or something like that.

I like playing misfits, I like playing oddballs, I like playing characters with rough edges.

I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.

A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy.

The camera adds ten pounds and ten thousand dollars.

And I want to find a way to be of service to humanity. I think that's crucial. So want to be an artist and a servant, a humanitarian, and I want to play goofy weirdoes.

I would love to see some comedies about loser women.

You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

I've been through some very dark times in my life and I've been through those very dark times that's affected my world view, the lens that I see people through, so I can relate to that.

I think creative blocks come from people's life journeys. If you don't know who you are or what you're about or what you believe in it's really pretty impossible to be creative.

I've actually rented Bjork's swan dress. I know that's kind of recycling, but I saw An Inconvenient Truth.

I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.

I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it's going to shine. It's going to resonate.

I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.

I have an eight-year-old child, and I literally can't wrap my mind around the kind of grief that must be felt when you lose a child.

My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.

Absolutely. I am a father, and I know best. If there's any question, just ask me.

Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.

(In) most cop shows, every cop in the squad speaks exactly the same and the same kind of short clipped film noir-ish talk.

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

A lot of actors are just like la la la - they're never really connected and then they're in the scene and then boom. They're looking you in the eyes and they're just really focused.

I am all for controlling guns.

I play Dwight. That is just much me being of service and worshiping as if I'm on my knees in some temple somewhere or bowing my head in prayer to God in some way. It's really all just the same thing.

We live in a really sexist culture, that's got to be addressed. And a really homophobic one. And all those things need to be addressed and looked at.

We live in a really racist culture and it's got to be addressed.