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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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day. "

" 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. "

" I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman. "

" My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements and her abilities. "

" I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather. "

" I'm very hairy, and men in film and TV are no longer allowed to be hairy. "

" 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. "

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

" I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation. "

" 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. "

" There have been a few occurrences where people in restaurants have sent me a rasher of bacon, which I am not going to turn my nose up at. I never let them down. "

" I have a Kenwood charcoal grill. In our house, if anybody is cooking, it's me. I love making burgers. I love making pork tenderloin. Lamb chops I do on the grill a lot. But you just can't beat brats. "

" If you're an original thinker, you are going get told 'no' a lot, and you have to be able to hear 'no' many times from the bankers and trust that at some point, someone is going to recognize that you are an artist and not a can of soda. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball. "

" I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer. "

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

" 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. "

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

" My uncles, who are farmers in Minooka, Illinois - I grew up with them and their pickup trucks and mustaches, and to me that was masculinity: big hairy sweaty guys who could pick up a bus. "

" It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent. "

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" When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career. "

" You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails. "

" 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. "