What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you care about in this world. That's what counts in this life. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I was in high school in 1953 when the Committee of One Million circulated a petition urging that Red China - one third of the world's population - be excluded from the United Nations. And I remember I refused to… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I'm not in the movie business anymore, and hardly any 70 year olds are. I always ask the producers: 'Are there no 70-year old… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
If I could transform my stage life to the movies, I'd be Jack Nicholson. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices of the… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
My father had a good sense of humour about a lot of things, including life, which I think I inherited. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone else is… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA. — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big… — Brian Dennehy Copy Share Image
