Neil Patrick Harris Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Tonight we celebrate Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry... brightest.”
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“Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or whether it was in a social situation. And with kids, you just can't. The rule is you can't really do that because they dictate and they change so much so you just have to go with the flow more and be present and not have big expectations and be amused all the time.”
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“The subject of Citizenfour, Edward Snowden, could not be here for some treason.”
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“I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter. I've always enjoyed the process and always enjoyed working more really than the end result of what it achieves. I'm more interested in doing the work.”
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“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.”
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“I love technology. I buy all of the stuff when they come out first.”
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“Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.”
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“I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act of writing.”
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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 don't feel ignored. But I'd rather engage readers than dictate my opinion to them. Opinion is so...subjective!”
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“Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.”
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“I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete.”
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“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.”
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“Theater for me is about enduring human truth. Special effects can be part of that, but when they obscure what is the reason we come to theater - to see reflections of our confounded humanity - the theater has lost its way.”
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“I love the American musical for the simplicity of emotion that gets expressed.”
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“I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.”
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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 a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.”
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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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“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 don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot.”
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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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“If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place.”
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“I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.”
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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.”
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“I pride myself in being able to straddle demographics, and if that was said as Barney Stinson, it would mean a little different thing.”
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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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“You can't just put gay in a little gay box anymore.”
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“Benedict Cumberbatch is not only the best name in show business, it's also the response you get when you ask John Travolta to pronounce Ben Affleck.”
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“[Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.”
-- Neil Patrick Harris
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