Nick Offerman Quotes

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Nick Offerman

Profession : Actor

Birth : June 26, 1970

If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza.

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You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash.

Nick Offerman

I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.

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I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good.

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I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk.

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I have a corn creamer that I love. It extracts pulp and juice from kernels, and I simmer that down into a creamed corn that has an almost mashed potato-like consistency. I add butter and hit it with chopped fresh chives at the end for an accent of color.

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And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do.

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I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

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When I hear young people today complain about being bored - and the things that keep them from being bored are generally exclusively videogames and/or computer pastimes - I just try to encourage them to go outside.

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We have such an embarrassment of riches when it comes to choice. Do you want to hike in the Alps? There are 300 pairs of shoes you can order within the next 10 minutes. You have your choice of everything.

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I am always so happy to be at 'SNL.' I still feel like a kid when I'm there, like I can't believe I'm watching them make the show.

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I grew up among farmers in Illinois and so you always have to have the tools you might need in the eventuality of a flat tire or a broken window.

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For years I drove a big Ford F250 pickup. That was my ride because two-thirds of my work was wood work, and I'm always driving up to Northern California, where I harvest salvaged trees.

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I think it's fascinating that I receive attention for what people perceive to be a level of manliness or machismo, when amongst my family of farmers and paramedics and regular Americans, I'm kind of the sissy in my family.

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I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.

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I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.

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Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and meat and potatoes and gravy.

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I am a saxophone player.

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I also grew up building theatrical scenery. I spent many years building scenery as a large part of my income and that allowed me to really develop my shop skills.

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When I got to Los Angeles, I started building cabins in peoples' yards, building post-and-beam structures and cutting the joinery for those.

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