Denis Leary Quotes
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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 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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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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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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I want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing 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.
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Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring.
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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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I'm a pretty boring guy. Compared to Ashton Kutcher, I live a really boring existence.
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My brother and I tortured my mother growing up.
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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'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 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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I've eaten things that didn't complain this much.
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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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There's no male Oprah.
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What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
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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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Firefighters don't go on strike.
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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 love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries.
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My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.
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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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Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.