Rainn Wilson Quotes

• 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.

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

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• Pretty much anybody who’s ever worked can relate to our show.

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

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• 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.

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• Scotland is the Canada of England!

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• What’s interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Rainn Wilson (11)

Birth:	20th January, 1966
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Director

About

Rainn Dietrich Wilson is an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known for his Emmy-nominated role as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office. He has also directed three episodes of The Office: the sixth season's "The Cover-Up", the seventh season's "Classy Christmas", and the eighth season's "Get the Girl".

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