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" I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands. "

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" When I hear young people today complain about being bored - and the things that keep them from being bored are generally exclusively videogames and/or computer pastimes - I just try to encourage them to go outside. "

" You know, it's hard to beat bacon at anytime of day. But I also am a big fan of corned beef hash. "

" I have a corn creamer that I love. It extracts pulp and juice from kernels, and I simmer that down into a creamed corn that has an almost mashed potato-like consistency. I add butter and hit it with chopped fresh chives at the end for an accent of color. "

" I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good. "

" I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple. "

" I've been working steadily as an actor since around 1998. I wasn't well known in the public, but I was a dependable working journeyman. "

" If you're an original thinker, you are going get told 'no' a lot, and you have to be able to hear 'no' many times from the bankers and trust that at some point, someone is going to recognize that you are an artist and not a can of soda. "

" You know, even working actors can end up having a lot of spare time. And you can either go sit at the Starbucks and wait for your agent to call you, or you can go learn how to build a Shaker blanket chest with hand-cut dovetails. "

" I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation. "

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" When I got to Los Angeles, I started building cabins in peoples' yards, building post-and-beam structures and cutting the joinery for those. "

" When I got my job on 'Parks,' it was so dreamy, kind of unfathomable. I didn't think a job that excellent could exist for me. "

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" And what we've lost sight of is that performing manual labor with your hands is one of the most incredibly satisfying and positive things you can do. "

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" I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it. "

" I have a Kenwood charcoal grill. In our house, if anybody is cooking, it's me. I love making burgers. I love making pork tenderloin. Lamb chops I do on the grill a lot. But you just can't beat brats. "

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" I always had a lot of confidence in my work and the unique flavor I like to bring to my characters, but you know I'm not a huge dreamer. "

" I worked a lot in Chicago's theater scene as a fight choreographer. And so I do have a lot of experience in stage combat and also in Kabuki dance and Kabuki theater. "