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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.
Denis Leary
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Denis Leary
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 18
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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 would have to commit a crime and have cops chase me. That would be the only way to get me to jog five miles.
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I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor.
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There we were in the middle of a sexual revolution wearing clothes that guaranteed we wouldn't get laid.
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The only difference between kids and jungle animals is pants. Kids wear them. Jungle animals don't.
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I'm a huge Kevin Youkilis fan.
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For us as writers, it's really important to have songs we believe in - even before sometimes we shoot a scene. If we have a song that's so perfectly designed for a scene on 'Rescue Me,' we'll play it on loud speakers during the shooting. It helps the cameraman and it helps the director, and it helps the actors know what the feel is.
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Kids are incredibly expensive. But it pays off later when they are better educated, bigger, and better-looking than you. And find you incessantly boring and uncool.
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When I'm on stage, that's me. It's blown up, but that's me.
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If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.
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I love Santa Monica and Venice because I like the beach. I have a lot of friends in that area.
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What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.
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Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind.
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