Denis Leary Quotes
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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 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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You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.
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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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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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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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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've eaten things that didn't complain this much.
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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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When I was a teenager, you couldn't get straight pants. Then in '76, when punk started to hit, it was a revelation that you could find straight pants again.
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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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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 went to see the 'Spider-Man' movies because my wife is a fan, and so are my kids.
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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'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.
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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 love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries.
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What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
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My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.
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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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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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Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring.
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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.