Neil Patrick Harris Quotes - Page 3

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.

I often teach a graduate theater seminar on Greek tragedy in performance. I usually begin by saying that no matter what technological advances occur, the wisdom of these plays will never be obsolete.

I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.

He's easily the most well-adjusted former child star in the room, please welcome... Jason Bateman.

I've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.

I have an unbelievable assistant who handles all of my scheduling! It's like a Tetris game.

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.

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

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.

I think things through a lot, so I probably use my head more than my heart. That probably comes through in my acting.

I like to make decisions based on things I'm interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career.

I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.

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.

We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.

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.

I don't want to have to inadvertently find a gift and go like, "What the hell is? Oh no, that's for me." And then have to pretend like I'm surprised later. If I know where they're hidden, I will not look. I love presents and I hate faking surprises.

Oh sure, now you like him [after the audience applaud David Oyelowo].

[Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.

I want to be able to infuse some youthful energy and comedy while appreciating the generations before.

I find myself acting for an editor more, because there's a quick turnaround with television, so you want to try and seem like you're as frenetic as possible, while replicating your movement so you're giving the editor more opportunity to cut within the different takes. If you're so crazy that you're sitting in one take and standing in another, the editor can only choose one take or the other. But if you can wrangle yourself into the same spot over and over, then you give them more choices for you.

What I enjoy so much about the Tonys' uniqueness is that anyone who's tuning in has an interest in seeing the show, so our job is halfway done.

It's like, the more you commit, the happier the animators are; if you're at all iffy and concerned, then it doesn't free them up to do as much fun stuff, so you have to just go for it and, again, trust the people around you and not be seemingly guarded and numb. Throw caution to the wind a bit.

On MTV, the dialogue can be a little darker, more interesting and edgy... the animation is just phenomenal. It's a CGI program that's doing all the animation.

I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.

I'm a very lucky man in this chapter of my professional life, 'cause I get to do jobs with wildly different skill sets.