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" I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Ladder
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" 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. "
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" I pride myself in being able to straddle demographics, and if that was said as Barney Stinson, it would mean a little different thing. "
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" In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger. "
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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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" I've gotten to hang out with Elmo, I'm the Fairy Shoeperson on 'Sesame Street'. So hopefully our kids will get to see and hear me as much as they're able. "
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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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" I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up. "
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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. "
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Choose
Job
Me
" I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world. "
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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 have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact. "
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You
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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. "
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Head
Acting
" I always thought I'd make a good parent, but I was single and led a solitary life for many, many years. Then I met David, and he had experience with kids and wanted to have a family, too. "
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Thought
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" The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now. "
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Many
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" Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous. "
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" 'Smurfs' just seemed like a great way to represent a young father to be, guy in a marriage, work in conflict, and I was really interested in the technical CG side of things. I'd never done a movie that I thought would be so physical and yet so precise. So I was intrigued by all of that. "
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" 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. "
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Wind
You
Trust
" I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic. "
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Another
Tape
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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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" 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'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets. "
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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. "
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" I loved Rent when I first heard it, but it grew on me and so did Tick, Tick... Boom. Some songs are more interesting than others and sometimes the ones that never stood out at first end up being the best to perform. "
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" I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. "
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" When you call someone and ask them to do something they've never done before, in different mediums I think they would be inclined to pass because they're afraid of the risk. But the creative people who populate the theater world love the challenge of new things. "
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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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Camera
Down
" I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there. "
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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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Thought
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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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