Denis Leary Quotes
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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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You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't.
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How many whales do we really need? I figure five. One for each ocean.
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I fell asleep during 'Year One' twice. And my son, who never falls asleep during a Jack Black movie, also nodded off. That's how bad it was. I was incredibly disappointed.
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When I was doing standup, I always wanted to get out of the standup world and take it back into the theatrical world, like with 'No Cure For Cancer.'
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I love to smoke. I smoke seven thousand packs a day!
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I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music; you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have.
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I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God.
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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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I'm pretty much a chocolate guy. I'm up for any type of chocolate. Any chocolate.
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Hockey's my favorite sport.
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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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The people you would have overdose on drugs never would. Like Mötley Crüe would never fucking overdose, man, never. You could put them in a room with two tons of crack, they'd come out half an hour later, goin 'ROCK ON MAN!'
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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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I'm a huge Kevin Youkilis fan.
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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 have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.
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I'm a pretty boring guy. Compared to Ashton Kutcher, I live a really boring existence.
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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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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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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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My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.
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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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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.