Neil Patrick Harris
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.
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.
I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut.
Whether it's a double take or a spit take or an extra-long pause before a reaction or a line, I try to be as cognizant as possible about the technical end of it. So I think the physical stuff works easier for me than maybe for others who are more just going on instinct.
I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're losing them, you can hear the sniffs, and the playbills shuffling and whatnot.
I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets.
I always thought filet mignon was the steak to beat, but the fat content in a rib eye is fantastic.
In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger.
I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going.
The Tonys are the once-a-year shot for all of these shows and artists who work so diligently every single performance but only for a thousand or so people at a time. This gives them the opportunity to perform to millions of people.
When you call someone and ask them to do something they've never done before, in different mediums I think they would be inclined to pass because they're afraid of the risk. But the creative people who populate the theater world love the challenge of new things.
The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now.
I enjoy darker sardonic wit more than knock-knock jokes. I spent the first healthy chunk of my career playing all-American, pleasant, average, nice people, so it's fun to have some complications there.
I'm probably my biggest critic. I worry that if you spend any quality time reveling in good things then karma will slap you upside the head, so I try to stay as even keel as I'm able.
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.
I get to choose things that interest me as opposed to trying to get any job that will have me, which for a vast majority of actors is the case.
Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.
I collect puppet stuff. I have a puppet workshop in my garage. I was looking for any opportunity to be able to get very creatively involved in that world.
I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'.
I've gotten to hang out with Elmo, I'm the Fairy Shoeperson on 'Sesame Street'. So hopefully our kids will get to see and hear me as much as they're able.
I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.
I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn't weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient.
What defines a relationship is the work that's involved to maintain it, and it's constantly changing.
I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus.
A cardio-funk class - I should have at least taken one of those. But it's always terrified me. I'm never one to be a dancer on the dance floor, even at a bar or a club.
There is just a lot of creativity and theatricality in performers who happen to be gay. Maybe there's a success in numbers, so by the law of averages we are going to get these jobs.
The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing musicals, you have to be in shape physically, mentally, and have to be on your game all the time. That's exhausting. On TV, especially a sitcom, you have a lot of free time to play.
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.
I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.
We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.
I think it has been a weird mistake to have people with their own music careers going on and judging people because when they're too critical, it affects them. They don't want to be that honest, because they need to keep their appearance up.
I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV.
I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.
Whenever I wasn't in school with a tutor three hours a day, I'd get a knock and be rushed to set and they'd be waiting and I'd film my thing and then I'd go back to school again.
I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be.Collection: Kids
Love is awesome and endless, but it is constantly changing its form. You love something for what it is, then it changes. But that change can make you love it even more.Collection: Love Is
Tonight we celebrate Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry... brightest.Collection: Sorry
But magic is like pizza: even when it's bad, it's pretty good.Collection: Magic
I often feel like books find us for reasons, and we read them when we need them the most.Collection: Book
As I learned from chapters past, it's important to try and stay in the chapter that you're in, and enjoy it while it's lasting. Not be constantly worrying about where this step will take you - living in the potential future. Like a good meal. Like a good chef's tasting meal. You don't want to wonder what's next while you're eating the foie gras.Collection: Past
I regret not dancing more, just cutting loose on the dance floor. I still admire those who don't care much about what others think of them.Collection: Regret
You can't just put gay in a little gay box anymore.Collection: Gay
May I suggest a drinking game where everytime I do a ridiculously long awkward blink, someone does a shot of some kind of alcohol?Collection: Drinking
The subject of Citizenfour, Edward Snowden, could not be here for some treason.Collection: Oscars
I remember thinking that the rest of my life would be solo. I wasn’t weepy when I thought that - it was just a realization that I had gone this long being self-sufficient.Collection: Thinking
I would not dream of taking on Tobey Maguire. Plus, he's a talented and nice guy, and I have nothing but nice things to say about him.Collection: Dream
I think flirting is great fun. It doesn't mean that anything's going to come of it but it's fun to be told that you're hot and that your tits look great. You all get your pens out.Collection: Fun
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.Collection: Play