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Denis Leary
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 18
Actor
Comedian
Composer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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Television Actor
Television Producer
University Teacher
Voice Actor
Worcester
Massachusetts
Denis Colin Leary
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I'm one of the people that when I wake up I have to do what I do. It's not like I want to do it. I kind of have to do it.
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I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God.
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I love to smoke. I love to eat red meat. I'll only eat red meat that comes from cows who smoke, ok!? Special cows they grow in Virginia with voice boxes in their necks. Moo
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Loud, stupid and overeating will suffice as long as we also have the funny, the fierce and the intellectual
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Everybody's vying for people's attention in terms of eyeballs, earholes, and dollars.
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I'm still pretty self-centered, greedy and angry.
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