Top 149 Quotes & Sayings by Neil Patrick Harris
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Last updated on November 4, 2024.
I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going.
So I've done my fair share of theater. I have also been very fortunate in that I've been able to come to New York two or three times a year just to see as many shows as possible. I think the live theater culture here is incredible.
It's good to have a lot of once-in-a-lifetimes in your lifetime. If you get the chance to skydive, go skydiving. If you're offered a part in a weird Shakespeare play in San Diego, slap on some tights and rock out some iambic pentameter.
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.
If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place.
You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important.
I always thought filet mignon was the steak to beat, but the fat content in a rib eye is fantastic.
My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.
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.
I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.
The theater is reaching as many different demographics as it can now.
I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment.
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.
I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.
What defines a relationship is the work that's involved to maintain it, and it's constantly changing.
I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out.
Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.
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 love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV.
I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines.
In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger.
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've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.
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.
I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there.
Rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love.
I loved Rent when I first heard it, but it grew on me and so did Tick, Tick... Boom. Some songs are more interesting than others and sometimes the ones that never stood out at first end up being the best to perform.
I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats.
I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.
I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it's probably good - I get to go home and sleep.
Starship Troopers was great. It was great fun to work on something with blue screens and big budget special effects. Denise Richards was nice to look at too, of course.
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.
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.
Tobey's a mellow, cool guy. He's just a good guy. I know that's not the answer you want, and I don't mean that as the political thing to say, but he's a nice guy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.
I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting.
The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but they know exactly what they want, and the writer's there and he knows exactly how it's supposed to be said. So you can't really argue with them, you just have to let them tell you what to do and then do it.
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.
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.
My parents own a restaurant in Albuquerque.
I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut.
I'm a nerdy, geeky fan of' Labyrinth' and 'Dark Crystal'.
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.
I have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact.
I'm not the best cruise ship crooner. I'm not the best karaoke guy.
I have an unbelievable assistant who handles all of my scheduling! It's like a Tetris game.
I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets.
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.
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'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.
Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged?
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.
It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.
I enjoy being a hyphenate. I've always thought of my career as a plate spinner in the circus.
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