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" How many whales do we really need? I figure five. One for each ocean. "
Denis Leary
Whales
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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 wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention. "
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" One of those things that I like about TV is that if you get a group of people you like, you can work with these people for months at a time, and you can discover their strengths and weaknesses, and you can use those in the direction where you take the characters. "
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" My kids watch everything downloaded; they have no idea what the numbers or the names of the channels mean, except, 'FX makes the show that I see on my computer.' So it's harder to get a show on the air, but at the same time, there are a lot of terrific shows. "
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" Hockey's my favorite sport. "
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" Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it. "
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" My biggest regret in life is that I didn't hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance. "
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" I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and that he can do no wrong in my book. So how's that for prejudice on the Democratic side? "
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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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" My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that. "
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" Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea, or in the middle of the rehearsal or the scene they'll let it loose and you go, 'Ah that's great.' "
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" I think all priests should be married. "
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" I remember 9/11; we had 'Comics Come Home' about a month after those events. That night, even the comedians were concerned. Would the audience be ready to laugh? It was a release for everyone. "
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" It says on the back of the Nyquil box, 'May cause drowsiness.' It should say, 'Don't make any plans, OK? Kiss your family and friends good-bye.' "
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" I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice, whether it's about yourself, or whether it's about something else. It's my worldview; it doesn't mean that everybody has to agree with it. "
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" I don't believe in the power of words. "
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" I've always had a thing for Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer or Halle Berry in tight leather pants, with the boots - I'm pretty good with either one. "
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" Nobody can make more fun of me than I already make of myself. "
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" My cousin Jerry Lucey and five other firefighters died in a warehouse fire in Worcester, Mass. - my hometown - right in the middle of our old neighborhood downtown when a homeless couple started a fire to keep warm and the entire building went up. My cousin died trying to save homeless people who had already left the building. "
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" I love America. "
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" Most people don't know how underpaid and often ill-equipped urban fire departments are across North America. "
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" I really like 'Batman.' Not the TV show, but the dark 'Batman.' "
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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 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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" If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is. "
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" I always hated the Grateful Dead. Never even bought a Led Zeppelin album. "
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" George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live. "
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" Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct. "
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" I bought my daughter a Chihuahua and I fell in love with it. So now I carry Coco around with me all the time. "
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