Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, producer, singer, comedian, magician, and television host. He is known for playing Barney Stinson in the television comedy series How I Met Your Mother, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards, and for his role as the title character in Doogie Howser, M.D....
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth15 June 1973
CityAlbuquerque, NM
CountryUnited States of America
art writing impact
I don't care about my "impact" - I only care about the theater as an art form and criticism as an act of writing.
baby tired selfless
Babies just change everything. You have to become super selfless and super tired and super amenable to change. They just change all the time.
past roles crosses
I don't like to be disparaging about my past roles. That's the only taboo that I don't like to cross.
regret cutting thinking
I regret not dancing more, just cutting loose on the dance floor. I still admire those who don't care much about what others think of them.
ignored opinion feels
I don't feel ignored. But I'd rather engage readers than dictate my opinion to them. Opinion is so...subjective!
years able fool
When you have twin four-year-olds, you are able to dance like a fool, often. And I do.
technology firsts stuff
I love technology. I buy all of the stuff when they come out first.
interesting achieve process
I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter. I've always enjoyed the process and always enjoyed working more really than the end result of what it achieves. I'm more interested in doing the work.
superhero rad action
I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad.
reflection humanity special
Theater for me is about enduring human truth. Special effects can be part of that, but when they obscure what is the reason we come to theater - to see reflections of our confounded humanity - the theater has lost its way.
casting auditions directors
For film, I audition just like everyone else, because it's a different set of casting directors.
character thinking perspective
I'm very interested in starting to produce, and direct, and have an umbrella over an entire project in the future. I'd like to have control over what the characters do. I think as an actor, you get a little too caught up in the moment-to-moment, beat-to-beat stuff to have perspective.
oscars audience
Oh sure, now you like him [after the audience applaud David Oyelowo].
nice thinking animal
I thought the idea of 'Smurfs' lent itself to the 3-D environment pretty well, I think, better than some of the farm animal movies that have been done before. I was a fan of the 'Smurfs' and they come with their own fan base, which I thought was nice.