Rainn Wilson Quotes


"Scotland is the Canada of England!"
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: Canada, Scotland)

"What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: American, Audiences)

"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."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: Leader)

"There's like ten minutes when it's like, 'Okay, wait, who is this guy again?' And then, you know, I just put on the calculator watch and the glasses, and just be all, you know, inappropriate. And then it just works out fine."
- Rainn Wilson
"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."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: Time, Chess, Computer, Debate, Nations, School, United)

"I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: Jokes)

"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."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: Experience, Funny, Comedy, Moments, Television)

"I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: Being, Desire)

"Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown."
- Rainn Wilson
"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."
- Rainn Wilson
(Related: People, America, Challenge, Day, Man)