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Loud, stupid and overeating will suffice as long as we also have the funny, the fierce and the intellectual
Denis Leary
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Denis Leary
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 18
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Worcester
Massachusetts
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I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God.
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I was working with Peter Tolan, who was my writing partner on those two [Rescue Me and The Job], and he did The Larry Sanders Show with Garry Shandling, and he always said that the second season is better because you know the actors.
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My dad was very much a John Wayne kind of guy, but he was also a great guy, great sense of humor, a real dedicated dad. I don't think he ever missed a hockey game I was in.
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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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Firefighters are some of the most selfless public servants you will ever encounter.
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Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used.
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I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.
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