Denis Leary Quotes
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(talking about The Lord Of The Dance) Have you seen that show? If you have, GET OUT! Get the hell out of my show right now!
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I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God.
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I want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing me.
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There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid.
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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 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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I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh.
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Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.
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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 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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I think daycare is great for people who have to work two jobs. My problem is with people who are dropping kids off at daycare because they want to go out and spend the day golfing or getting their nails done. You know what I mean? That's not why they invented daycare.
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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'm not really a Spider-Man fan. I'm more of a Batman guy.
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I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.
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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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I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention.
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I've eaten things that didn't complain this much.
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I'm a huge Kevin Youkilis fan.
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Firefighters don't go on strike.
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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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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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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'm no day at the beach. And if it is a beach, it's Hampton Beach. Ever been there? It's not nice.