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" We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me! "
Denis Leary
Walking
Country
Her
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" Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer. "
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" I'm not saying being a comedian is brain surgery, but it is definitely - it's like being a carpenter. You learn how to make tables and chairs. You have to have the right tools, and you have to know how to put the thing together, right? "
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" 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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" 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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" When I was a teenager, you couldn't get straight pants. Then in '76, when punk started to hit, it was a revelation that you could find straight pants again. "
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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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" George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live. "
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" Nobody can make more fun of me than I already make of myself. "
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" When I was doing standup, I always wanted to get out of the standup world and take it back into the theatrical world, like with 'No Cure For Cancer.' "
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" My goal is to leave this planet with the biggest carbon footprint I can possibly leave. "
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" If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, 'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie.' "
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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 actually like talking. "
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" Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. "
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" I really like 'Batman.' Not the TV show, but the dark 'Batman.' "
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" I'd love to play in a Red Sox game. It would be so awesome to actually walk out on the field and play, just for one inning. I'd also steal everything I could get my hands on in the clubhouse, which is why they won't let me do it. "
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Love
" Temptation's something you have to deal with even if you're not famous. It's harder when you're famous because it's a lot more in your face, and that makes it a little more difficult to walk away from sometimes. "
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" I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job. "
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Then
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" Some people expect me to be funny all the time, and I'm not necessarily funny all the time. "
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Time
Some People
" If you're over 52 years old and you're on Facebook, do us all a favor and log off now. "
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You
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" Willem Dafoe and I are actually the same person. "
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" My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the second-fastest charity to raise and distribute money to the widows and surviving family members of the 343 firefighters who died that day. "
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" I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God. "
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" I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time. "
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" I love French stuff. Mmmm, french fries. "
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" When I go to Batman movies, I always think, 'Man, I would like to be a bad guy in a Batman movie.' especially as they got darker when they go to the Christian Bale era. "
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" I'm pretty much a chocolate guy. I'm up for any type of chocolate. Any chocolate. "
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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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" My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen. "
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" Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list. "
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