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" Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Wise
Doctor
Man
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" I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before. "
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" I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door. "
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Think
Door
Leave
" Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous. "
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Favorite
Choice
Chef
" The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now. "
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Many
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" My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque. "
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Own
Parents
Restaurant
" We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Mother
Blessed
Doing
" I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus. "
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Enjoy
Thought
Always
" I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Believe
People
Me
" Whenever I wasn't in school with a tutor three hours a day, I'd get a knock and be rushed to set and they'd be waiting and I'd film my thing and then I'd go back to school again. "
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Film
Three
Back
" 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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Opportunity
Involved
Looking
" I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Universal
Nut
Fan
" So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Live
Think
New York
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
People
New Things
Love
" My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Time
Dance
Having Fun
" I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Ladder
Bit
Climb
" '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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Great
Work
Marriage
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Choose
Job
Me
" Being able to live my life transparently does empower me to feel like I can be myself more. It's easier for me to flirt with girls now that girls know that I'm gay. It almost makes it a sexier encounter than if I was trying to pretend that I was straight. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Myself
Know
Life
" I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Dancer
Ballet
Got
" I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Now
Working
Right
" I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Fan
Dark
Nerdy
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Me
Fairy
See
" You just take things as they come. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Take
Just
Things
" I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Heart
Head
Acting
" I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient. "
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Life
Thought
Thinking
" I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys. "
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Painful
Think
Impressive
" I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that. "
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Know
Sure
Kids
" I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Another
Tape
Lot
" You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Think
Your
Standards
" It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Chance
Good
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