My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom Bridge. I played a fast-talking radio huckster - a salesman of crystal sets in the 1920s… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I went to Northwestern in Chicago, in Evanston, and then I ended up trickling down in Chicago theater. I did a bunch of plays, but I was non-equity. For a lot of people, non-equity means you're not yet professional. But… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I went on a Buddha jag. I read 'Confession of a Buddhist Atheist' by Stephen Batchelor and Karen Armstrong's biography of Buddha, which is… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
When I did 'Racing Demon' by David Hare, I worked with Paul Giamatti, who had stacks of books in his dressing room. I was… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Anybody who knows me has said, 'I had a Denis O'Hare moment.' I suppose in the kindest instance it means standing up for yourself.… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
We live in a world where we're all on computers and tablets and phones, all the time, so something as odd as computer hacking… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I was raised on the brothers Grimm, but my favorite fairy tales in the world are Oscar Wilde's - 'The Nightingale and the Rose,'… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
You have to learn to express differently. Whenever I do TV or film, I ask if I can see the shot to see, to… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind,… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I think it was 1987 - something like that - or '86, and I thought, 'When you go equity and you're gonna get paid,… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
It's highly dishonorable to ever quit a production. I never have done it, and I can't imagine ever doing it. However, I have been… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
I was a big fan of 'Six Feet Under.' So, I got a bootleg copy of the first four episodes on videotape, watched them… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
Generally, it's a great exercise to not get stuck in one medium too long because you begin to lose perspective on the peculiar drawbacks… — Denis O'Hare Copy Share Image
