Nick Offerman Quotes - Page 5

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• My family has schoolteachers and librarians, and I think people who teach are probably some of our greatest American heroes. Certainly, underpaid and unsung.

  Nick Offerman

  Hero, Thinking, People

  Interview with Chris Baio, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 14, 2013.

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• When I arrive in Los Angeles in the entertainment community, and I use implements like a shovel and a hammer, our society has distanced itself so far from working with its hands that those incredibly pedestrian skills are perceived as somehow being extraordinary.

  Nick Offerman

  Hands, Skills, Community

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• Auditioning for television shows - to find a guy who has a lot of experience as a laborer is a bit of an anomaly. We do exist. I know several other actors who have made their living, instead of a waitress job, framing houses or blacktopping roads.

  Nick Offerman

  Jobs, House, Guy

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• When we think of an actor, we think of a tanned, frosted-tipped, model-looking guy. We don't think of a plumber.

  Nick Offerman

  Thinking, Guy, Actors

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• If properly dried and trimmed, New York-style pizza could be used to make a box for Chicago-style pizza. I love a slice when I'm in NYC, but it's like eating a Slim Jim compared with a filet mignon. One slice of Gino's East stuffed sausage pizza is a bigger meal than an entire New York pie.

  Nick Offerman

  New York, Nyc, Pie

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• I would like Americans to make things with their hands. Thomas Jefferson and I feel that makes for a much stronger nation.

  Nick Offerman

  Funny, Hands, America

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• I grew up in a small town in Illinois, and my dad was a basketball coach. Thanks to him, I have excellent fundamentals in both basketball and baseball.

  Nick Offerman

  Inspirational, Basketball, Baseball

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• Don't use barbiturates before going on stage. And be honest.

  Nick Offerman

  Life Changing, Use, Honest

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• If I had more time, I'd watch more woodworking or home-improvement shows, but, not enough hours in the day.

  Nick Offerman

  Home, Hours In The Day, Watches

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• It's funny, growing up there was never anybody around me with any kind of artistic bent.

  Nick Offerman

  Growing Up, Artistic, Kind

  "Nick Offerman Of ‘Parks And Recreation’ On Ron Swanson, The Cubs And, Duh, Facial Hair". Interview with Joseph Erbentraut, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2012.

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• My wife happens to be probably the greatest working woman in comedy. I can't think of anyone who even approaches her achievements and her abilities.

  Nick Offerman

  Thinking, Wife, Achievement

  "'Parks and Recreation's' Nick Offerman on Mustaches and Being Tackled by Robin Givens (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 15, 2011.

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• When I got my job on Parks, it was so dreamy, kind of unfathomable. I didn't think a job that excellent could exist for me.

  Nick Offerman

  Jobs, Thinking, Parks

  "Parks and Recreation's' Nick Offerman on Mustaches and Being Tackled by Robin Givens (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 15, 2011.

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• I really thought that I'd be doing Shakespeare, honest to God. I did not foresee the whole action television thing. That was God's joke.

  Nick Offerman

  Television, Action, Honest

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When I hear young people today complain about being bored - and the things that keep them from being bored are generally exclusively videogames and/or computer pastimes - I just try to encourage them to go outside.

  Nick Offerman

  People, Bored, Trying

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• Actually, I'm not super-kickass at a lot of things.

  Nick Offerman

  Kickass

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• Let's just say I can never be cast again after Ron Swanson. Then I have a life of theater and woodworking and my wife to look forward to, and that doesn't make me anything but very happy.

  Nick Offerman

  Wife, Looks, Woodworking

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I just always had a penchant for performing for people.I'm a jackass clown.

  Nick Offerman

  People, Clown, Performing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My education began in theater school, and it continues to this day. I just continued learning to be a better performer.

  Nick Offerman

  School, Theater, Performers

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• When I first met with agents, they said, "Okay, you're going to play plumbers and mechanics and bus drivers and farmers. Go."

  Nick Offerman

  Play, Agents, Firsts

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• A lot of people find themselves in the entertainment business - or perhaps society steers them toward it - because they're beautiful.

  Nick Offerman

  Beautiful, People, Entertainment

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• "I don't ever want to try to be a 'cute guy.' I want to be Charles Laughton, or Oliver Reed, or Lon Cheney. That's way more fun for me." And once I flipped that switch, that's another thing I've taken off my shoulders, where I never have to worry about, "Do I look good?"

  Nick Offerman

  Cute, Fun, Taken

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I think what makes so many other actors miserable is focusing completely on making other plans. They're obsessed with their haircut and their headshot and their agent, their IMDB profile or whatever.

  Nick Offerman

  Thinking, Actors, Agents

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I always call performing live "giving the people the medicine," because when you're engaged in it, you can feel the sort of soul magic being exchanged between the performer and the audience.

  Nick Offerman

  Medicine, People, Giving

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, tv.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.

  Nick Offerman

  New York, Integrity, Thinking

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• When I was in high school, I would perform every year in those plays and there was something I really loved about it. But I was completely unaware that you could sort of get into an acting career.

  Nick Offerman

  School, Years, Play

  "Nick Offerman Of ‘Parks And Recreation’ On Ron Swanson, The Cubs And, Duh, Facial Hair". Interview with Joseph Erbentraut, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2012.

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