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" I really like 'Batman.' Not the TV show, but the dark 'Batman.' "
Denis Leary
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" I'm born and raised in the Northeast. My parents are Irish immigrants. So our tendency is to shy away from the big yellow ball that comes up in the sky every once in a while. "
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Yellow
" Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction. "
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" What firefighters and people in our military and cops do is separate from what the rest of us do; basically these people say, 'I'm going to protect all these strangers.' "
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" My nieces and my nephews think the only thing that I do is 'Ice Age.' That's fine with me because pretty soon they'll grow up enough to realize that I suck or that my time has passed, whichever it might be. "
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Think
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" My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. "
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Swear
Father
" I want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing me. "
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" My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the second-fastest charity to raise and distribute money to the widows and surviving family members of the 343 firefighters who died that day. "
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Charity
Family
Day
" 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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Audience
Laugh
Night
" 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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Rest
Spider
Age
" There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance. "
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Rescue
Movie
Me
" I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory. "
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Just
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Playing
" 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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" My goal is to leave this planet with the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly leave. "
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Goal
Carbon
Leave
" I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music; you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have. "
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Think
Music
" I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God. "
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Raise
Fear
God
" I love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries. "
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Stuff
French Fries
Love
" 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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Regret
Life
Hit
" No matter what anybody says, relationships are based on physical attraction. The first time I saw my wife, it was pure animal whatever. "
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Wife
Time
Relationships
" I'd love to play in a Red Sox game. It would be so awesome to actually walk out on the field and play, just for one inning. I'd also steal everything I could get my hands on in the clubhouse, which is why they won't let me do it. "
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Red
Game
Love
" 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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Great
Good
Character
" When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me. "
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Blown
Stage
Me
" I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.' "
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Basketball
Hockey
Said
" I'm really good at laundry, and I have no problem cleaning the kitchen. "
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Really
Problem
" 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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Love
Time
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" The first movie I saw where it convinced me I could be an actor was 'Mean Streets,' so whenever I see Robert De Niro and he says, 'Hi, Denis,' it's still a really big deal. "
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Mean
Streets
See
" I don't want a president like me! I suck, okay. I want an elitist, smart guy. "
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" I fell asleep during 'Year One' twice. And my son, who never falls asleep during a Jack Black movie, also nodded off. That's how bad it was. I was incredibly disappointed. "
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" I'm a pretty boring guy. Compared to Ashton Kutcher, I live a really boring existence. "
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Boring
Existence
Live
" I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater, then I went to stand-up comedy, and then when I went into the movies to do comedy and drama and big movies and small movies. "
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Drama
Big
Movies
" I think all priests should be married. "
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