Denis Leary Quotes
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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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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 have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.
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I've eaten things that didn't complain this much.
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I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.
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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.
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We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!
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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.
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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 want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing me.
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I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.
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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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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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What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
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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 spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.
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My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.
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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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I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.
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I love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries.
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Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.
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My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.
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Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.
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Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring.