Best Denis Leary Quotes & Sayings

Let me tell you something: I love the Yankees. And let me tell you why: because without the Yankees, there is nobody to hate. — Denis Leary

Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you. — Denis Leary

Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer. — Denis Leary

When you write about real life, there's always a chance that somebody involved is going to see it and get upset. — Denis Leary

The best thing about series TV is that everyone you work with is hand-picked, as compared to working on a film. — Denis Leary

I don't want a president like me! I suck, okay. I want an elitist, smart guy. — Denis Leary

Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. — Denis Leary

I'm gonna get one of those tracheotomies, so I can smoke two cigarettes at the same time! I'm gonna get nine tracheotomies, all around my neck, I'll be Tracheotomy Man! He can smoke a pack
at a time, he's Tracheotomy Man! — Denis Leary

Firefighters don't go on strike. — Denis Leary

Julieanne Smolinksi has a history in rock journalism and she's a huge rock 'n' roll fan, and she was a huge fan of Ava (Elaine Hendrix) and Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) and of the actresses. I was really lucky to get her, in between seasons on Grace and Frankie. — Denis Leary

You really want to have a back-up plan, so when you don't feel like acting, or you're getting older and settling down, you can produce your own stuff. So that's when I set about forming my own company and getting creative control. — Denis Leary

The filter's the best part. That's where they put the heroin. — Denis Leary

Good actors, especially when they know their character, will come in and either tell you in advance that they have an idea, or in the middle of the rehearsal or the scene they'll let it loose and you go, 'Ah that's great.' — Denis Leary

You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is. — Denis Leary

The best pitch I ever heard about cocaine was back in the early eighties when a street dealer followed me down the sidewalk going: I got some great blow man. I got the stuff that killed Belushi. — Denis Leary

With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head. — Denis Leary

I'm really happy I went to a Catholic school because a lot of the repressive tactics they use make for great senses of humor. — Denis Leary

I like Jesus, I mean, I think he was a good guy. — Denis Leary

Charlotte Rampling, when she was younger, looked exactly like my wife. That's one of the reasons that when I first saw my wife, my knees buckled. Based on her looks alone, she was already in my kitchen making eggs. — Denis Leary

Elvis and I call up Cadillac dealerships all night long, suckin' down Ny Quil stingers and cheese. He says, what the hell's Lisa Marie thinking with that Michael Jackson crap? — Denis Leary

I didn't raise my kids with the fear of God. — Denis Leary

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. — Denis Leary

I wasn't the best student. I wasn't stupid, but I wasn't paying a lot of attention. — Denis Leary

George Carlin was great right up to the end of his life. But Richard Pryor was probably the best, most gifted stand-up comedian who will ever live. — Denis Leary

I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word. — Denis Leary

Personally, I think Jim Henson said it best when he said "Anybody got an aspirin? I think I've got a cold." — Denis Leary

The best comedy audiences in the country and this is tried and true, I'm not just saying it, in my opinion are Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago. — Denis Leary

My charity is in the business of helping firefighters in any way that we can. For instance, after 9/11 we were the second-fastest charity to raise and distribute money to the widows and surviving family members of the 343 firefighters who died that day. — Denis Leary

I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with. — Denis Leary

Worrying about tomorrow is the best way to screw up today. — Denis Leary

I will not bond. I will not share. I refuse to nurture. — Denis Leary

I just think it's difficult for them to see the forest for the trees right now, which I can't blame them for, given the circumstances they found themselves in. — Denis Leary

"Yeah, well, if you eat red meat, it stays in your colon for fifteen years!" Good! I paid for it; I want it in my ass, okay? I want them to find a meat sweater from my esophagus to my asshole when they open me up in the end! "This guy's covered in meat! He's Meat-Man! He's Meat-Tracheotomy-Man!" — Denis Leary

Bill Murray doesn't do anything. He barely shows up at the movies he says he's going to do. — Denis Leary

People saying, 'Life didn't turn out the way I wanted it to.' Welcome to the club. I wanted to be the starting center-fielder for the Boston Red Sox, for chrissakes! — Denis Leary

Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland. — Denis Leary

Peter Falk and Denis Leary today walked into a Starbucks and shot 27 people, without any announcement whatsoever. — Denis Leary

I really want to do a western film. It's one of my favorite movie genres of all time. — Denis Leary

Marriage is like a dull meal with the dessert at the beginning. — Denis Leary

There's no way around it - drama is very difficult to shoot. It's very heavy and something that you carry with you for the course of the day. — Denis Leary

No woman can be completely happy at any one moment in time. They're always anticipating the next thing to argue or complain about. — Denis Leary

You can't teach somebody how to be funny. You're either funny, or you ain't. — Denis Leary

I've eaten things that didn't complain this much. — Denis Leary

Doing the same character over and over, it gets boring. — Denis Leary

Campbell [Scott] also directed me in a film with Hope Davis called Final. That was the first thing we did together, but I've known him for years. — Denis Leary

The Social Wishlist on Facebook is a great example of everything right about social media. — Denis Leary

All knowledge is ultimately rooted in metaphorical (or analogical) modes of perception and thought. — Denis Leary

Here's the problem with Easter. The Catholic Church needs to pick a date because it keeps moving. And I think the reason they always have Easter moving to different dates is to catch us. — Denis Leary