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" I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Choose
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Me
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" I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before. "
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" 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. "
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" I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now. "
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" 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. "
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" I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter. "
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" Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character. "
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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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" 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. "
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" It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter. "
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" 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. "
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" As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts. "
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" I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. "
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" I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus. "
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" I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net. "
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" What I enjoy so much about the Tonys' uniqueness is that anyone who's tuning in has an interest in seeing the show, so our job is halfway done. "
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" 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. "
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Home
Good
" I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys. "
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" 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. "
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" I didn't want to go marching down the street with camera crews. Oy. To get married? Really? It seems like you have an agenda when you do it that way. I wouldn't want to get married to be an example. "
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" I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'. "
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" I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose. "
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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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" We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys. "
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" We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday. "
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