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" 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. "

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" 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

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" I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting. "

" The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now. "

" I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able. "

" Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them. "

" I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up. "

" If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place. "

" I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career. "

Neil Patrick Harris

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" 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

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" I was a big fan of how Johnny Carson hosted awards shows. Dick Cavett, as well, I think did a really great job of providing a nice blend of comedy, wit and class. "

" What defines a relationship is the work that's involved to maintain it, and it's constantly changing. "

" I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it's probably good - I get to go home and sleep. "

" My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun. "

" It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though. "

" I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient. "

" I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter. "

" I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going. "

" I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. "

" 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. "

" We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets. "

" Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy. "

" 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. "

" I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before. "

" I think it has been a weird mistake to have people with their own music careers going on and judging people because when they're too critical, it affects them. They don't want to be that honest, because they need to keep their appearance up. "