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" I'm pretty much a chocolate guy. I'm up for any type of chocolate. Any chocolate. "
Denis Leary
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" One of those things that I like about TV is that if you get a group of people you like, you can work with these people for months at a time, and you can discover their strengths and weaknesses, and you can use those in the direction where you take the characters. "
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" I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word. "
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Sense
Catholic
Best
" My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. "
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English
Swear
Father
" I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid. "
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Pretty
" 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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Enough
Think
Time
" 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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Born
Sky
Yellow
" The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film. "
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Working
Film
Everyone
" I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor. "
Denis Leary
Humor
Happy
Great
" I believe in prescription drugs. I believe in feeling better. "
Denis Leary
Better
Believe
I Believe
" I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice, whether it's about yourself, or whether it's about something else. It's my worldview; it doesn't mean that everybody has to agree with it. "
Denis Leary
Funny
Think
Mean
" Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland. "
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Ireland
Off
Helped
" Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind. "
Denis Leary
Losing
Think
Mind
" My kids watch everything downloaded; they have no idea what the numbers or the names of the channels mean, except, 'FX makes the show that I see on my computer.' So it's harder to get a show on the air, but at the same time, there are a lot of terrific shows. "
Denis Leary
Air
See
Watch
" 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. "
Denis Leary
Son
Black
Year
" Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct. "
Denis Leary
Instinct
Decision
Eating
" I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God. "
Denis Leary
Raise
Fear
God
" If I'm president, there are going to be government vans that drive around and pick up people who shouldn't be wearing certain clothing. Talk about lack of civil rights - I'm sorry, I'm pulling you right off the street, and we're giving you clothes that you're going to be O.K. in. "
Denis Leary
People
Sorry
Government
" My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in. "
Denis Leary
Hockey
Game
Great
" 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. "
Denis Leary
Drama
Big
Movies
" Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but she's got a great face, and a great laugh. "
Denis Leary
Laugh
Sexy
Great
" I don't want a president like me! I suck, okay. I want an elitist, smart guy. "
Denis Leary
Okay
President
Smart
" In my experience in series TV, if you have a good crew and a great cast, it's going to be a great group - similar to the theater where it's a bunch of people who are really talented and go to work each day and challenge each other, and if you are lucky enough to get a hit then it's five or six or seven years of this kind of work. "
Denis Leary
Day
Challenge
Work
" It would be great if firefighters across the country had the guarantee that they would be making enough money to support their family right from the get-go, but that's not the case. "
Denis Leary
Money
Family
Enough
" 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.' "
Denis Leary
Say
Plans
Kiss
" You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing. "
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You
Writing
Nothing
" The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media. "
Denis Leary
About
Media
Right
" I learned a long time ago, if you want to keep your friends in show business, don't get famous. Because as soon as you get famous, a lot of the people you used to know, who didn't, become incredibly bitter and jealous. It's part of the territory. "
Denis Leary
Business
Famous
People
" I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention. "
Denis Leary
Stupid
Attention
Best
" My brother and I tortured my mother growing up. "
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Mother
Up
Brother
" Stand-up comedy and comedy in general is the ultimate form of free speech, because you get to poke holes in all the pretentious bubbles politicians and pundits and popes and pretenders try to float over our heads. "
Denis Leary
Speech
Free
Comedy