Rainn Wilson quotes

Rainn Wilson is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the television series "The Office." His offbeat comedic style and memorable performances have earned him widespread recognition. He continues to work in television, film, and various creative projects. Here are 44 of his quotes:

Everyone is an artist. Everyone is creative in their own way and that that creativity is a great thing. It's a human thing and it needs to be nurtured and it can help us go down life's path and help us to become deeper, richer, more satisfied human beings. (Rainn Wilson)
Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature. View quote
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace. View quote
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet. View quote
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that. View quote
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I think we're the only jokeless show on television. I mean really, we have no setups and no punch lines. It's not a joke show. There are funny lines and funny moments but again the comedy is born of the human experience and awkward pauses are a great part of what it is to be human. View quote
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I am not Dwight Schrute, okay? I played a character for 200 episodes, and it was an awesome character, and he was a beet farmer. That doesn't mean you should hand me beets or make beet jokes every time I go into Starbucks and ask if they have like a beet latte or something like that. View quote
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I think God has a tremendous sense of humor. View quote
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There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go. View quote
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I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books. View quote
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I was a total dork in high school. (Rainn Wilson)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Scotland is the Canada of England! View quote
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I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range. View quote
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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. View quote
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I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well. View quote
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I am all for controlling guns. View quote
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My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays. View quote
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What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences. View quote
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters. (Rainn Wilson)
I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts. View quote
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Music is universal too. Even deaf people like to dance, love rhythm, and can kind of pick it up. View quote
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I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes. View quote
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The great challenge working on this show for me is wearing polyester all day long and having the worst haircut known to man at the top of my head and sitting under fluorescent lights. That is America, people. Polyester, bad haircuts, under fluorescent lights. View quote
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Occupation: American Actor
Born: January 20, 1966
Quotes count: 44

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