Denis Leary Quotes
On a movie, you have a great time, and you're really enjoying the work, and then everybody is done and goes their separate ways, and you maybe never get to work with those people again.
I'm no prophet and I'm no genius, but I can only tell you what I seem to know. As a fan of television and the movies, I think it's all for the better.
Everything you look at now, the scripts that come in that you look at, the television scripts are way better than the movie script. The talent is going to television.
People are disappointed that you aren't exactly who they thought you were, as opposed to somebody who's just walking around trying to get some laundry done.
When you write about real life, there's always a chance that somebody involved is going to see it and get upset.
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 that can play the game.
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 blown out all over. How could we change the channel after that?
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.
I think we're going to carry the 'Ice Age's up to 'Ice Age 15,' which means basically they'll be in the present decade.
I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.
Most people don't know how underpaid and often ill-equipped urban fire departments are across North America.
If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.
If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, "'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie."
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.
I've been nominated for Emmys and Golden Globes, but I've never won one and I probably never will.
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.
Usually when you watch a film, you're just sort of biting your nails about things you could have done differently.
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 as opposed to becoming a movie.
I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.
I did 12 years with nuns, you know. So I came out of it going, like, 'I think Jesus is all right.' The rest of it I think stinks to the high heavens.
The first movie I saw where it convinced me I could be an actor was 'Mean Streets,' so whenever I see Robert De Niro and he says, 'Hi, Denis,' it's still a really big deal.
The biggest battle for a lot of people who come out of the theater, which is where I was trained, is that they can never forget that a camera is pointed at them.
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.
