Rainn Wilson Quotes

I'm not interested in being one of those comedians who wants to look good and be this 'cool' funny person. I don't care how weird or ugly I look.

I'm obsessed with 'The Americans.' It's one of my favorite shows. I also love 'Baskets' - low-brow, high-art comedy.

Shows like 'All in the Family' and now 'Mom' - there's a tradition of tackling real issues.

I would describe my personal style as eclectic.

I watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.

My earliest memories would be 'Little House On The Prairie.' I also really liked watching 'Three's Company.'

Sometimes, things need to be so understated on film that I don't even see them as funny, which isn't my favorite style, comedically. When I watch film comedy, I like people that are a little bit more alive on the screen and wound up. I like volatility and unpredictability and other long words like those.

There are so many different points to 'Wild World,' and it sounds quite different to what people would expect from us.

There aren't a lot of political dramas on TV, and those that are tend to be American.

I'm obsessed with American talk shows.

I like watching American TV shows like 'The Sopranos,' 'Game of Thrones,' etc. I also like to watch dance reality shows since I love to dance, even though I haven't been trained in dancing.

I'd rather have no nickname, but with my style, you can't really put a name on it.

I'm literally nowhere yet... When things started going well, this French designer called Ami gave me some shoes and clothes to wear. But when I sat down to play the piano, the very new shoes kept slipping off the pedal. So I took them off, threw them away, and have never worn shoes while playing the piano from then on.

The main thing is to believe writers know what their voices are, and if they are left alone, they will come through with something. There are a load of brilliant U.S. comedies: at the moment, I'm loving 'Girls.' People say the U.S. is more conservative; I think, actually, it is a bit looser here, but trends change.

I think that I'm a powerful female, a young singer-songwriter with an energy that's not really been done before. I think that's what people need to know about, you know.

I love 'America Dad' and 'Family Guy.'

I grew up watching 'The Office' and 'Father Ted' and all the British things at that time - 'The Royle Family' - and the American ones like 'Friends,' 'Frasier' and 'The Simpsons.'

I feel like with '2.5,' I created another style that nobody else is coming with.

I was borderline deluded to think something as outrageous as Semi Precious Weapons could have been mainstream.

It's hilarious to see guys wearing a headband with 'I'm a Hugger' on it.

What I know of Hawaii is from watching the 'Brady Bunch' shows from the seventies.

I love tie dye, metallic, and anything that stands out in terms of fashion. If it is fun and unique, I am into it... especially if it has aliens on it!

There's a lot of judges on TV in America. Apart from Judge Judy, the vast majority of them are terrible.

Before I started on 'Borgen', people introduced me to some great American box-sets to convince me that TV could be good. I now watch them all the time. Amy Poehler is very funny in 'Parks and Recreation' and 'In Treatment,' with Gabriel Byrne, is also really good.

The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that.