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" Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Fun
Great
Blue
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" Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Try
Me
End
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Me
Best
End
" I pride myself in being able to straddle demographics, and if that was said as Barney Stinson, it would mean a little different thing. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Said
Myself
Mean
" With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not get a Julie Taymor reference the way that New Yorkers would. So you have to figure out what comedy plays to a large audience and still respect the individuals who are there. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Way
Comedy
Home
" 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
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Good
Thought
Family
" I thought the idea of 'Smurfs' lent itself to the 3-D environment pretty well, I think, better than some of the farm animal movies that have been done before. I was a fan of the 'Smurfs' and they come with their own fan base, which I thought was nice. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Nice
Think
Thought
" The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing musicals, you have to be in shape physically, mentally, and have to be on your game all the time. That's exhausting. On TV, especially a sitcom, you have a lot of free time to play. "
Neil Patrick Harris
You
Doing
Life
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Life
Thought
Thinking
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Seeing
Uniqueness
Done
" I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Best
Dance
Love
" 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
" We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Think
Politics
Respect
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Matter
You
Impact
" The Tonys are the once-a-year shot for all of these shows and artists who work so diligently every single performance but only for a thousand or so people at a time. This gives them the opportunity to perform to millions of people. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Work
Single
People
" My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Own
Parents
Restaurant
" If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Love
Music
Sit
" 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 need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Children
Stop
Random
" There is just a lot of creativity and theatricality in performers who happen to be gay. Maybe there's a success in numbers, so by the law of averages we are going to get these jobs. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Creativity
Gay
Law
" 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
" 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
Play
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Wind
You
Trust
" I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Enjoy
Thought
Always
" I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Nation
Relationships
Sexuality
" '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
" 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. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Film
Three
Back
" I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Professional
Man
Life
" Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Favorite
Choice
Chef
" I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there. "
Neil Patrick Harris
Maybe
Think
Up