164 Quotes by Rainn Wilson

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

For me, that plan led to the defining role of my career, Dwight Kurt Schrute. I was about to receive the worst haircut of my entire life.

I was terrified, lost. Like most moments of intense personal tragedy, it was both heartbreaking and a little bit ridiculous.

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

These days, the teenage years are considered a time for socializing with a focus on dating and popularity. When relieved of the pressures of dating too young, I believe a young person is better able to focus on who they really are and find themselves in that crucial time when your personality is beginning to germinate. It’s all that time reading, dreaming, and goofing off with fellow oddballs where our best selves get to evolve as teenagers.

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

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

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

I love being an actor, and I don’t want to be a spokesman for anything, I don’t want to do anything crazy or fancy like that. I just love playing characters and getting paid for it, and that’s what I want to do till the day I die.