“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!” MenI CanTwoHumorFunnyNineSmokeNecksCigarettePacks Author:Denis Leary
“I try and shoot as often as I can, I cross shoot. I have at least two cameras rolling at the same time. So I'll have two actors or two sets of actors at a time so everybody's basically on camera. So when they improvise we have everybody's coverage. And you can then go in the editing room and find the energy still stays there.” TryingStillsTwoActorsEnergyRoomsCrossesCamerasRollingEditingCoverage Author:Denis Leary
“I've only done two other TV shows [instead of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll], one was Rescue Me and the other was a show called The Job, which was at ABC and only on for two seasons.” TwoDoneShowsJobsSexRocksTvsDrugSeasonsRescueTv ShowsRescue MeSex Drugs Author:Denis Leary
“I was working with Peter Tolan, who was my writing partner on those two [Rescue Me and The Job], and he did The Larry Sanders Show with Garry Shandling, and he always said that the second season is better because you know the actors.” KnowsWritingSaidTwoShowsJobsActorsSeasonsPartnersPeterRescueLarryRescue Me Author:Denis Leary
“Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.” KnowsYearsTwoEndsHateBornPowerfulTaughtSonRacismFolksListsRacistTwo YearsNapsRacial DiscriminationTwo Year OldsDiscrimination And RacismEnding Racism Author:Denis Leary
“Anybody who's done standup will tell you that there's nothing like it. The show starts at 8:00, the curtain goes up and there's nobody else except you and the audience, and you just perform for them for two hours. Nobody yells, 'Cut!' There are no retakes. That is still the most exciting medium for me, and I love it.” StillsTwoDoneShowsHoursAudienceCuttingExcitingMediumsCurtains Author:Denis Leary
“Certain movies like 'Wag The Dog,' we used improv on every scene that we did. Pretty much, we would shoot from the script and then some stuff that we came up with in rehearsal, and then we'd have at least one or two takes where we completely went off the script and just flew by the seat of our pants.” TwoUsedCertainStuffDogSceneScriptsSeatsPantsRehearsalFlewWagsWag The Dog Author:Denis Leary
“First of all, I have to have trucks because I live most of my time on a horse farm, so I've gotta have trucks. It's in the northeast; I've got to have pickup trucks to move snow, number one. Number two, just if I'm driving, I don't have to have an SUV, but I want a big car.” IfsWantFirstsTwoBigsMovingNumbersCarHorseDrivingSnowMy TimeFarmsTruckPickupsSuvsPickup TrucksBig Cars Author:Denis Leary
“I think daycare is great for people who have to work two jobs. My problem is with people who are dropping kids off at daycare because they want to go out and spend the day golfing or getting their nails done. You know what I mean? That's not why they invented daycare.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantMeanTwoDoneProblemKidsJobsNailsDroppingGolfingTwo JobsDaycareNails Done Author:Denis Leary
