“When I clicked into this idea of doing a band and examining a band as a dysfunctional family, I wanted to reverse that Rescue Me formula.” IdeasWantedBandFormulasRescueReverseExaminingDysfunctional FamilyRescue Me Author:Denis Leary
“One of the things I always believed in was my dad came to America and he was a very talented musician, but he couldn't make a living that way so he had to support his family as an auto mechanic which he also loved doing. He was also such a great dad because when I first told him I thought I wanted to go into show business, his response was okay, that's interesting.” WayFirstsShowsWantedAmericaInterestingSupportDadMusicianOkayResponseMy DadMechanicShow BusinessAlways BelieveGreat DadAuto MechanicTalented Musicians Author:Denis Leary
“We've always talked about doing something else and Campbell Scott is always busy and I'm always busy. But when we came up with the idea of doing the potato famine as a hip hop musical, I wanted somebody who was going to bring gravity.” IdeasWantedMusicalBusyHip HopHipsHopsGravityPotatoesFaminePotato Famine Author:Denis Leary
“I wanted to get more serialized. I had this idea for an event that would click onto everybody's mortality. I said, "I want somebody to die." Fortunately for me, when I was toying with that idea, John Landgraf, who's the head of FX but also a very smart executive, came up with the idea of the ashes in the maracas. He called me up and said, "Listen, what about this, they get the ashes in a box and when they get them, they shake them and they sound like maracas." And I was like, "Okay, now I've got my throughline."” WantSaidIdeasWantedDiesSoundEventsSmartOkayBoxesShakesExecutivesMortalityAshesClicksVery Smart Author:Denis Leary
“My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted to come to New York.” WantWantedFatherLeftNew YorkHorseIrelandManure Author:Denis Leary
“When I was doing standup, I always wanted to get out of the standup world and take it back into the theatrical world, like with "No Cure For Cancer."” WorldWantedCancerCuresTheatrical Author: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!” PeopleWayWantedTurnsRedStartingClubsWelcomeBostonBoston Red SoxSaying LifeCenter Fielders Author:Denis Leary
“I wanted to be a hockey player. Where I grew up, the basketball courts were rarely used. I was terrible in school and actually said, 'I'm going to be a hockey player.'” SaidWantedSchoolUsedPlayerGrewTerribleBasketballGrew UpCourtHockeyHockey PlayerBasketball Court Author:Denis Leary
