Greg Kinnear

“Well, I don't know what image people have of me.”

“I've never felt like my career has been on fire.”

“I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans.”

“'Little Miss Sunshine' snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for.”

“We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual.”

“The automotive corporations, including Ford, I think are in the business of trying to make cars that people will drive.”

“I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.”

“Whenever Hollywood gets involved with real life events, certain liberties have to be taken.”

“Talking about corporations - they're so big. There's not a person at a corporation.”

“I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long.”

“Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite.”

“Same job, whether it's comedy or drama. Regardless of the weight of the role, I feel like the job is always kind of the same. Who is this person? What's this guy here, and how is he playing with this thing, and what's he trying to say? And what's the volley with all these other people around him?”

“I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.”

“Here's the thing about movies, all movies end up on television. That's their life. Whether you like it or not, I don't care how much money you spend on it, or how big or broad the film is, or who the actors are in it, eventually it's all coming out of the box.”

“I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.”

“I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.”

“My family moved - first to Washington, D.C., and then, in the spring of 1975, to Lebanon, where my father worked as a diplomat at the American embassy. My parents were enthusiastic about the move, so my older brother and I felt like we were off to some place kind of cool.”

“Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too.”

“It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.”

“Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.”