Neil Patrick Harris Quotes - Page 3

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• When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Mtv, Tunes, Realizing

  "Undercover Brother". Hollywood.com Interview, www.hollywood.com. June 4, 2002.

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• I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Play, Greek, Tragedy

  "Tonys 2013 Q&A: 'Neil Patrick Harris is the god of awards show'". Interview with Charles McNulty, articles.latimes.com. June 10, 2013.

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• I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Couple, Years, Class

  "“Undercover Brother”: Neil Patrick Harris Interview". "Hollywood.com" Interview, www.hollywood.com.

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• He's easily the most well-adjusted former child star in the room, please welcome... Jason Bateman.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Stars, Children, Jason

  " 'Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry ... brightest': the best Oscars 2015 quotes" by Lanre Bakare, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2015.

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• I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Interesting, Chapters, Fortunate

  The MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. 2011.

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• I have an unbelievable assistant who handles all of my scheduling! It's like a Tetris game.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Games, Assistants, Tetris

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• I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Thinking, Awards, Jumping

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• Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Thinking, Careers, Lucky

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• As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Average, Play, Actors

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• I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Heart, Thinking, Acting

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• I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Moving, Careers, Next Move

  "Neil Patrick Harris is just keeping busy". Interview with T.L. Stanley, articles.latimes.com. July 15, 2011.

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• I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Jobs, Thinking, Awards

  "Neil Patrick Harris welcomes a Kanye moment at Oscars". CBS Interview, www.cbsnews.com. February 19, 2015.

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• If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Magic, Musical, Magician

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• We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Mother, Blessed, Everyday

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• I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Writing, Thinking, Lines

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• I don't want to have to inadvertently find a gift and go like, "What the hell is? Oh no, that's for me." And then have to pretend like I'm surprised later. If I know where they're hidden, I will not look. I love presents and I hate faking surprises.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Hate, Looks, Want

  "Neil Patrick Harris' House Is Open for Trick-or-Treaters". Interview with Fred Topel, patch.com. October 31, 2011.

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• Thankfully, the meat of the Tony telecast is the performances from the shows, so the awards show kind of creates itself around the season, and then I fill in based on the vibe of the season in general. I'm happy that there'll be so many legitimately good performances on the show.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Awards, Meat, Kind

  "Tonys 2012: Q&A with Neil Patrick Harris on Eve of His Hosting Three-peat". "The Hollywood Reporter" Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 6, 2012.

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• It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Nice, Lucky, Actors

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• The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but they know exactly what they want, and the writer's there and he knows exactly how it's supposed to be said. So you can't really argue with them, you just have to let them tell you what to do and then do it.

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  Voice, Selfless, Want

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• Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy.

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  Nice, Mean, Guy

  "“Undercover Brother”: Neil Patrick Harris Interview". Interview, www.hollywood.com.

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• We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Thinking, Climate, Assassins

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• It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Night, Progress, Marriage Equality

  Twitter post from Jun 25, 2011

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• American Sniper focuses on a soldier with 160 kills, or as Harvey Weinstein calls it, a slow morning.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Morning, Soldier, Oscars

  "Neil Patrick Harris's jokes on whiteness of Oscars unsettle some viewers" by Alan Yuhas, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2015.

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• Our culture's adjustment to the epistemology of television is by now all but complete; we have so thoroughly accepted its definitions of truth, knowledge and reality that irrelevance seems to us to be filled with import, and incoherence seems eminently sane. And if some of our institutions seem not to fit the template of the times, why it is they and not the template, that seem to us disordered and strange.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Reality, Irrelevance, Culture

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• With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not get a Julie Taymor reference the way that New Yorkers would. So you have to figure out what comedy plays to a large audience and still respect the individuals who are there.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Home, Play, People

  "Tonys 2012: Q&A with Neil Patrick Harris on Eve of His Hosting Three-peat". Interview with David Rooney, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 6, 2012.

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