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Rainn Wilson

Actor, Dwight Schrute on The Office

u/RealRainnWilson ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

His 2015 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 50 comments from u/RealRainnWilson, all from 2015, most often in r/IAmA.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I AM RAINN WILSON, ACTOR, AUTHOR, BASSOONIST, LANNISTER.”

Hello Mr. Wilson, how did you chose that hairstyle for Dwight? It didn't match the canon for the other characters on the show, and unlike Jim's hairstyle, it stayed the same through its entirety.

u/RealRainnWilson replied

I tried to purposefully create the UGLIEST haircut I could possibly design for my ungainly enormous head and forehead. I also stole that from McKenzie crook who played Gareth. He gave him a terrible haircut. Also, Chris Cole, a guy…

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I tried to purposefully create the UGLIEST haircut I could possibly design for my ungainly enormous head and forehead.

I also stole that from McKenzie crook who played Gareth. He gave him a terrible haircut.

Also, Chris Cole, a guy I played D & D with as a kid had THAT EXACT SAME HAIRCUT!

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I AM RAINN WILSON, ACTOR, AUTHOR, BASSOONIST, LANNISTER.”

What was the funniest scene to film for The Office? So funny that it needed multiple takes to finally complete?

u/RealRainnWilson replied

John and I on the party planning committee for Kelly's party. Hanging the brown and grey balloons. We COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I AM RAINN WILSON, ACTOR, AUTHOR, BASSOONIST, LANNISTER.”

Hey Rainn! Thanks for doing this AMA! I have a weird question… can you channel Dwight? Like how much of Dwight depended on writers and how much of it was just really good acting? Can I talk to him (this is turning into Inside The Actors Studio)? What are his thoughts on the real…

u/RealRainnWilson replied

I had Dwight write the introduction to my book which was really funny. He's definitely the combination of myself and the magic of the writers. Greg Daniels, BJ and Paul Lieberstein helped with the intro.

Dwight hated the book and thinks Rainn Wilson is an idiot.

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I AM RAINN WILSON, ACTOR, AUTHOR, BASSOONIST, LANNISTER.”

Hi Rainn! What's the best piece of advice that you have ever been given?

u/RealRainnWilson replied

Andre Gregory, the theatre director and writer, once told me that the world wants you cynical. To keep your heart open to possibility. I really took that to heart. The world needs hope, service, humor and love. It's way too…

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Andre Gregory, the theatre director and writer, once told me that the world wants you cynical. To keep your heart open to possibility.

I really took that to heart. The world needs hope, service, humor and love. It's way too easy to stay jaded and cynical and pessimistic. Such an easy fall-back position - anyone can do it.