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Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor who is well known for his Emmy-nominated role as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office.

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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

Tags: Hope, Strategy
Rainn Wilson

I really wanted to do something positive on the Internet. I wanted to try to get young people talking about, thinking about, life's big questions-make it cool and OK to wonder about the heart, the soul and free will and God and death and big topics like that, big human topics.

Tags: Nice, Fall, Winter
Rainn Wilson

My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.

Tags: After, Wanted, Name
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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.

Tags: Family, Time, Hard
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The founder of the Mona Foundation actually knew my dad for years, and the more I learned about it, the more I realized I really found the perfect charity. It sponsors schools and educational initiatives all over the planet.

Tags: Over, Perfect, Learned
Rainn Wilson

I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted big murals and oil paintings.

Tags: Science, Parents, Living
Rainn Wilson

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.

Tags: Great, Funny, Human
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You meet people in Hollywood that are famous, and you're not sure what they got famous for.

Tags: Sure, Meet, Hollywood
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I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

Tags: Education, Respect, Doubt
Rainn Wilson

I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.

Tags: God, Sense, Tremendous
Rainn Wilson

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