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" Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged? "
Neil Patrick Harris
Who
Again
Engaged
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" I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV. "
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Love
" There are so many examples of talented actors working today, no matter how they live their private lives. I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Today
Live
Believe
" I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Dancer
Ballet
Got
" I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before. "
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Want
Able
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" So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Live
Think
New York
" A cardio-funk class - I should have at least taken one of those. But it's always terrified me. I'm never one to be a dancer on the dance floor, even at a bar or a club. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Class
Club
Dance
" I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Know
Sure
Kids
" We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Mother
Blessed
Doing
" My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Own
Parents
Restaurant
" I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Another
Tape
Lot
" Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Try
Me
End
" I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot. "
Neil Patrick Harris
You
Know
Losing
" The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing musicals, you have to be in shape physically, mentally, and have to be on your game all the time. That's exhausting. On TV, especially a sitcom, you have a lot of free time to play. "
Neil Patrick Harris
You
Doing
Life
" I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Up
Show
Play
" Whenever I wasn't in school with a tutor three hours a day, I'd get a knock and be rushed to set and they'd be waiting and I'd film my thing and then I'd go back to school again. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Film
Three
Back
" Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Fun
Great
Blue
" I enjoy darker sardonic wit more than knock-knock jokes. I spent the first healthy chunk of my career playing all-American, pleasant, average, nice people, so it's fun to have some complications there. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Jokes
Nice
People
" It's like, the more you commit, the happier the animators are; if you're at all iffy and concerned, then it doesn't free them up to do as much fun stuff, so you have to just go for it and, again, trust the people around you and not be seemingly guarded and numb. Throw caution to the wind a bit. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Wind
You
Trust
" The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Different
Many
Reaching
" When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else. "
Neil Patrick Harris
MTV
Good
Going
" I always thought filet mignon was the steak to beat, but the fat content in a rib eye is fantastic. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Thought
Content
Beat
" I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Been
Very
Interesting
" Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Favorite
Choice
Chef
" I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Now
Working
Right
" Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or in a social situation. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Work
Surroundings
World
" I thought the idea of 'Smurfs' lent itself to the 3-D environment pretty well, I think, better than some of the farm animal movies that have been done before. I was a fan of the 'Smurfs' and they come with their own fan base, which I thought was nice. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Nice
Think
Thought
" Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Myself
Know
Life
" I've gotten to hang out with Elmo, I'm the Fairy Shoeperson on 'Sesame Street'. So hopefully our kids will get to see and hear me as much as they're able. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Me
Fairy
See
" With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not get a Julie Taymor reference the way that New Yorkers would. So you have to figure out what comedy plays to a large audience and still respect the individuals who are there. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Way
Comedy
Home
" I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Green
Process
Say