God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group.
I try to take things that challenge me either physically or mentally, or I have to learn a new skill.
I wanted Murph to be the biggest guy on the boat. I gained about 30 pounds, and I grew this big old burly beard and my hair was all crazy.
In 'Magnolia,' I had to learn all this police training. In 'For Love of the Game,' I had to perform like a major-league baseball player.
My dad was a big fisherman. He passed away, but a lot of time I spent growing up was on the water, so a lot of my best memories are from that.
Oh, absolutely, it felt more serious than your typical job. One of the things that got us through how difficult the shooting actually was was that we are telling a real story.
One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea.
There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.
This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.
You were there all day long, 12 hours a day. So there was none of this, 'I'm going back to my trailer, my trailer's bigger than your trailer,' that kind of Hollywood nonsense.
I write the story that nobody reads. Someday, I'm going to write it in German to see if anyone notices.
In April 2004 he left the filming of Manderlay (2005) to be replaced by Slovenian actor Zeljko Ivanek. According to a report in Entertainment Weekly, he did so to protest against the killing of a donkey during production.
In 2003, he starred in three out of the five movies nominated for Best Pictures. They are Chicago (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), and The Hours (2002).
His mother is from Lithuania. Father is Irish. He is the fifth of six children.
For not only his broad, 6' 2" frame, curly hair, and everyman's mug, but also his straight-forward but thoughtful acting style, Reilly has frequently been dubbed "his generation's Gene Hackman".
He graduated from Brother Rice High School on the South Side of Chicago.
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