There's nothing wrong with an actor that can't improvise, but if you're going to improvise, you gotta make sure you got people… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
The first movie I saw where it convinced me I could be an actor was 'Mean Streets,' so whenever I see Robert… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
The second season is generally easier do because you know the actors better and they know the characters better and if everybody… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I think it's a shame when you come across young actors and musicians who haven't had the time to learn their craft.… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I try and shoot as often as I can, I cross shoot. I have at least two cameras rolling at the same… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea,… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Dustin Hoffman said this one time, that if he hadn't made it as a film star, he would still be happy as… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
For us as writers, it's really important to have songs we believe in - even before sometimes we shoot a scene. If… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
There are some guys I know for a fact, like Louis C.K., who always talk about how not-great of an actor he… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I was working with Peter Tolan, who was my writing partner on those two [Rescue Me and The Job], and he did… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I'm sick and tired of our generation being called the TV generation. What do you expect? We watched Lee Harvey Oswald get his brains… — Denis Leary Copy Share
My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come… — Denis Leary Copy Share
Yeah, I love living in New York, man, and people who live in New York, we wear that fact like a badge right on… — Denis Leary Copy Share
I've always had a thing for Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer or Halle Berry in tight leather pants, with the boots - I'm pretty good with… — Denis Leary Copy Share
I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for… — Denis Leary Copy Share
I do have to say that I think that President Obama is the greatest President in the history of all of our Presidents, and… — Denis Leary Copy Share
I don't want to see a 'Sopranos' movie. This is just me. I like to think the end is where it was on TV… — Denis Leary Copy Share
The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta,… — Denis Leary Copy Share
Happy Easter everyone! Jesus dies, comes back from the dead - and we get chocolate eggs. It's like turn-down service from God. — Denis Leary Copy Share
You really want to have a back-up plan, so when you don't feel like acting, or you're getting older and settling down, you can… — Denis Leary Copy Share
You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is. — Denis Leary Copy Share
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