Denis Leary Quotes

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Denis Leary

Profession : Actor

Birth : August 18, 1957

I went to see the 'Spider-Man' movies because my wife is a fan, and so are my kids.

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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 think all priests should be married.

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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 don't watch 'American Idol.' I don't watch any of that stuff.

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If you want a long-term relationship that doesn't require a lot of work, I say, get a dog. They love you no matter what. But when it comes to humans, there's no secret; you really have to appreciate the person every single day.

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I have a lot of conservative views on a lot of things.

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My nieces and my nephews think the only thing that I do is 'Ice Age.' That's fine with me because pretty soon they'll grow up enough to realize that I suck or that my time has passed, whichever it might be.

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I don't want to see a 'Sopranos' movie. This is just me. I like to think the end is where it was on TV as opposed to becoming a movie.

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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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Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you.

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Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.

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What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.

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Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction.

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Kids are incredibly expensive. But it pays off later when they are better educated, bigger, and better-looking than you. And find you incessantly boring and uncool.

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If you had no enemies, you had no fun.

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Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.

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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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There are some guys I know for a fact, like Louis C.K., who always talk about how not-great of an actor he is, and he's terrific on his show. But I know Louis would play a fantastic dramatic role in something, too. He just needs somebody to grab him and say, 'Come in here and do this.'

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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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