Denis Leary

Denis Leary
Denis Colin Learyis an American actor, a writer, a producer, a singer, and a comedian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth18 August 1957
CityWorcester, MA
CountryUnited States of America
real writing upset
When you write about real life, there's always a chance that somebody involved is going to see it and get upset.
writing actors sound
You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing.
writing long acting
I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.
sex writing son
My primary reason for bringing my son on was to have a voice on the show [Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll] that would bring a 25 or 26 year old point of view to it, and my son is very capable of writing that stuff.
writing actors television
I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.
jobs writing two
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.
diego emotional fear funny gets john leader ray smart thinks
Ray Romano gets the films' emotional moments, John the funny ones, but Diego makes it all happen. Diego is still a leader smart and strong, but he thinks he may be getting soft' because of his fear of the water.
blow five gonna last people shows
I will tell you that the last five shows are going to really blow people out of the water. There's gonna be a lot of head-spinning going on.
christmas high kite merry teeth
I'm high as a kite and my teeth are green, Merry f**kin' Christmas!
best humorous jim
Personally, I think Jim Henson said it best when he said "Anybody got an aspiren? I think I've got a cold.
both fire funny last stories true
Most of the stories that we do are true stories from the last 20 years in the fire department, both funny and tragic,
along bang beg bills bus cancer city curb death dog dollars goes hard hit leaves left life limp massive medical million mouth owe pay people power regain side speak step streets talk ten walk wife work
Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to differ. I think life sucks, then you get cancer, then your dog dies, your wife leaves you, the cancer goes into remission, you get a new dog, you get remarried, you owe ten million dollars in medical bills but you work hard for thirty-five years and you pay it back and then -- one day -- you have a massive stroke, your whole right side is paralyzed, you have to limp along the streets and speak out of the left side of your mouth and drool but you go into rehabilitation and regain the power to walk and the power to talk and then -- one day -- you step off a curb at Sixty-seventh Street, and BANG you get hit by a city bus and then you die. Maybe.
agree balloon everybody funny mean popping whether
I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice, whether it's about yourself, or whether it's about something else. It's my worldview; it doesn't mean that everybody has to agree with it.
good guy knows
Crazy? ... Maybe. But that's a good kind of crazy. It's a guy who knows what he wants.