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" 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

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" It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career. "

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" My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun. "

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" I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there. "

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" I didn't want to go marching down the street with camera crews. Oy. To get married? Really? It seems like you have an agenda when you do it that way. I wouldn't want to get married to be an example. "

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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. "

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" I'm lucky that people believe me when I'm in character. "

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" I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up. "

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" As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts. "

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" You just take things as they come. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'. "

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" 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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" The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but they know exactly what they want, and the writer's there and he knows exactly how it's supposed to be said. So you can't really argue with them, you just have to let them tell you what to do and then do it. "

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" I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic. "

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" I have an unbelievable assistant who handles all of my scheduling! It's like a Tetris game. "

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" Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged? "

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" I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose. "

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" I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines. "

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" We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys. "

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" 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. "

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" Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy. "

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" I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys. "

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" I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it's probably good - I get to go home and sleep. "

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" I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV. "

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" In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger. "

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" I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats. "

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" I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting. "

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