Denis Leary Quotes
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I went to see the 'Spider-Man' movies because my wife is a fan, and so are my kids.
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I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater, then I went to stand-up comedy, and then when I went into the movies to do comedy and drama and big movies and small movies.
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If I'm president, there are going to be government vans that drive around and pick up people who shouldn't be wearing certain clothing. Talk about lack of civil rights - I'm sorry, I'm pulling you right off the street, and we're giving you clothes that you're going to be O.K. in.
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Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer.
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George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live.
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I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.
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I know gay - gay people who aren't married who are better parents than some, you know, straight people I know who are married.
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I'm a pretty boring guy. Compared to Ashton Kutcher, I live a really boring existence.
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If you're over 52 years old and you're on Facebook, do us all a favor and log off now.
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I'm a huge Kevin Youkilis fan.
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It would be great if firefighters across the country had the guarantee that they would be making enough money to support their family right from the get-go, but that's not the case.
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Certain movies like 'Wag The Dog,' we used improv on every scene that we did. Pretty much, we would shoot from the script and then some stuff that we came up with in rehearsal, and then we'd have at least one or two takes where we completely went off the script and just flew by the seat of our pants.
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Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind.
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Hockey's my favorite sport.
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I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.
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I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice, whether it's about yourself, or whether it's about something else. It's my worldview; it doesn't mean that everybody has to agree with it.
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Vacuuming is great. I do the laundry. I love washing machines. I'm the maid in my house.
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Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring.
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My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.
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There's no way around it - drama is very difficult to shoot. It's very heavy and something that you carry with you for the course of the day.
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I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.
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I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh.
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Let me tell you something: I love the Yankees. And let me tell you why: because without the Yankees, there is nobody to hate.
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I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. But, yeah, it's not identifying, I think it's more a part of my natural DNA that I question anybody who has a plan. Everybody's got to have an angle; that's the way I grew up.