Rainn Wilson Quotes

People really like the fact that I've worked at their job. It gives them a good feeling that I've experienced, even for a few hours, what they do on the job.

The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people, which is best done by fiction.

When you're watching somebody read your material and they smile and nod, you know you've found that place where your experience and their experience match, even though they aren't the same exact experience.

Where you stand depends on where you work.

The truth of the matter is - when we look at things - every movie we do - no matter what the subject matter is - we go to the universal theme of family. We always go to that because if the movie is about family, then any audience can relate to it.

A lot of people can relate to me.

I hope that my lyrics have a way that they're so specific they become universal, and they go, 'Oh I've been there, I know what that's like.'

Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.

I always try to show my human side to my colleagues and to the whole circuit. More than anything because we are all on the same train, it is part of our work.

I feel like people can relate to me because we all go through wins and roadblocks and passion and pain, and it's a vibe.

My music is straightforward because I want to give people me and let them know they're not alone in going through the things that they go through.

You can relate to someone with a flaw.

I'm trying to show people that I'm a person, and I deal with the same things as you guys, and I'm trying to make the best of it.

People know my story - how I started like they did and that I struggled with things, like being a working mom. They ask me things they wouldn't ask anyone else.

It feels great to know that more people are finding work and gaining the experience, not to mention self-confidence, that they need.

Any relationship, I'm talking about even with your kids, when you got something they can relate to - both of y'all - it helps.

You don't bring your wife to work.

I worked for a Japanese company called K1 for a while.

I have enjoyed every minute of my time at United.

The cool thing about superheroes is that they all have these very human roots, and that brings them all together and makes them all the same, in a way.

My songwriting is personal in the hope that listeners will know that I relate to them.

Music gave me that neutral lane to relate with everyone.

I believe that work is essential to human well-being.

Sometimes if you can tell one personal story with a lot of sincerity, it can become a universal story.

I feel my situation is no different from anybody else's experiences.