Denis Leary Quotes
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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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There's no male Oprah.
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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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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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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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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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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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I'm pretty much a chocolate guy. I'm up for any type of chocolate. Any chocolate.
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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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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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Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring.
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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'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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Firefighters don't go on strike.
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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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What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
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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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Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do.
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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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Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time.
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My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.
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Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.