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" No matter what anybody says, relationships are based on physical attraction. The first time I saw my wife, it was pure animal whatever. "
Denis Leary
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" I basically - I don't like tattoos, unless you're a firefighter who has a tattoo that has to do with that or a military guy. That's - those are people who should have tattoos. "
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" Most people don't know how underpaid and often ill-equipped urban fire departments are across North America. "
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" Most of the women placed in the fire department here in New York never passed the physical test. And a fat guy or a short guy, or anybody not passing the test in a life-or-death job, leads to friction. "
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" I'm a pretty boring guy. Compared to Ashton Kutcher, I live a really boring existence. "
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" 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. "
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" There's no male Oprah. "
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" There's no way around it - drama is very difficult to shoot. It's very heavy and something that you carry with you for the course of the day. "
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" I've always had a thing for Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer or Halle Berry in tight leather pants, with the boots - I'm pretty good with either one. "
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" I actually like talking. "
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" There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance. "
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" I would have to commit a crime and have cops chase me. That would be the only way to get me to jog five miles. "
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" Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter. "
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" Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do. "
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" I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.' "
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" Every actor thinks he can do comedy, and it's not true. "
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" When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me. "
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" I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft. It doesn't matter if it's acting or music; you really have to learn how to do it from the bottom up because unless you have a great work ethic... fame is a terrible thing to have. "
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" My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come to New York. "
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" Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush. "
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" I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God. "
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" With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head. "
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You
" I really like 'Batman.' Not the TV show, but the dark 'Batman.' "
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" You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't. "
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" 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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" I can't text. My fingers are too big. "
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" The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media. "
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" For us as writers, it's really important to have songs we believe in - even before sometimes we shoot a scene. If we have a song that's so perfectly designed for a scene on 'Rescue Me,' we'll play it on loud speakers during the shooting. It helps the cameraman and it helps the director, and it helps the actors know what the feel is. "
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" No woman can be completely happy at any one moment in time. They're always anticipating the next thing to argue or complain about. "
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" Everyone's got skeletons in their closet, and I've got a million in mine, believe me. I tested the envelope; I pushed it. Whenever somebody in authority told me not to do something, I did it just to find out why they said not to do it. "
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" 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. "
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