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“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.”

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Dean Norris

English biography, 120-180 words more

“The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.”

People Want Art Facts Acting Dad Concepts My Dad Entertainment Excited Singers Best Things Entertainers

Author:Dean Norris

“To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.”

Guy Bits Situation Environment Nice Military Police Males Hard Things Nice Guy Crass Blowhards

Author:Dean Norris

“When my kids started preschool, the teachers had to take away all the fake bananas because all the boys would pick them up and pretend that they were guns. Boys find sticks to play swords and anything that looks like a gun to shoot. It's just inside of them. It's who they are.”

Looks Play Kids Boys Teacher Picks Gun Sticks Fake Bananas Preschool

Author:Dean Norris

“When you're a stand-up, you play in front of 600 people, and it's all about timing. I could never do stand-up comedy; it would be way too hard for me.”

People Way Hard Play Would Be Comedy Fronts Timing Stand Up Comedy

Author:Dean Norris

“There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate with mere mortals.”

Certain Social Grace Genius Mere Patterns Communicate Mortals Inability Eccentricity Mere Mortals Social Graces

Author:John Noble

“Over the last 25 years, since a lot of science writing became accessible to layman, I've become quite a consumer of science. As a child, I wasn't streamed into science, and I regret that now.”

Writing Years Children Lasts Regret Consumers I Regret Layman

Author:John Noble

“As actors, you don't actually need to know the future of the character. You just need to know the backgrounds.”

Knows Needs Character Actors Backgrounds

Author:John Noble

“I think the glue that held Fringe together was the relationships.”

Thinking Together Fringe Glue

Author:John Noble

“I was a theater man, so I was never in the situation of being a handsome Hollywood leading man, and then having to age.”

Men Age Situation Hollywood Theater Handsome

Author:John Noble

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