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" I'm not at all competitive. I'd rather play Solitaire than ping-pong. "
Johnny Galecki
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" I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between. "
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" Comedy is similar to hockey... in only one way. You get a lot of credit for assists. So I try to serve whatever the intention is, be it the joke or the story or the scene or the moment or the kiss, even if it's not my joke or moment. "
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" I read the papers, and I watch the news a lot. I watch 'Dateline' and '48 Hours.' And I think we have a tendency to become terrified of one another, thinking that there is a serial killer that is on either side of you. "
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" In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit to your character's back-story. "
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" Right now, I'm very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course. "
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" I don't know what to do with myself between films. I end up doing unhealthy things like shopping or drinking. I'm pretty schizophrenic about it. "
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" People are complicated; you put two of them together and it's generally a mess, but hopefully a beautiful mess. "
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" As they say, there are two rules in improv: Never say no, and never ask why. When another actor asks 'Why?' or says no to something you're suggesting, then it's very clear that they're putting the onus on you, because they're not comfortable with it themselves. "
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" You can't really claim too much ownership of your character. They really do belong to the writers, and in many ways, you're just their puppet. "
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" It took me a long time to realize that to walk around without a certain amount of belief in myself, to walk onto a job with my tail between my legs, wasn't behooving anyone else. "
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" I work in fantasy all day, so when I go home, I want to touch reality. "
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" I love to work. I absolutely love to work. "
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" We didn't have a TV because we didn't have a whole lot of money. My parents would have their friends over - their friends who thought, 'How can you live without a TV?' "
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" Growing up in Chicago, I was a theater nerd. That might be very cool on the East Coast, but in Chicago, it's really the athletes that come in No. 1 on the cool scale. Maybe musicians after that. Community theater? That's way down the list, my friend. "
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" I'm not at my best when I'm not working - I'm certainly not at my happiest. Acting will always be my first love. "
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" My parents would have their friends over - their friends who thought, 'How can you live without a TV?' By the time they left, they understood why, because I had done the second act of 'West Side Story' and the first act of 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' playing all the parts. In many ways, that's what I'm still doing. I'm just getting paid better. "
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