List of Neil Patrick Harris Quotes

That Movie [a Series Of Unfortunate Events] Told Four Books In Two Hours, And We Have Two Hours Per Book. So We Have Eight Hours To Tell Four Books, And If People Watch We'll Get To Tell More Of Them. There's Only Thirteen Books, So There's Only Going To Be Two More Seasons, But That Allows For A Lot Of Time To Be In Character And To Maintain Character.

I Sort Of Pride Myself In My Dissatisfaction With My Work. I've Always Been Concerned With Buying The Hype, And Having That Make Your Performances Suffer.

I Don't Like To Be Disparaging About My Past Roles. That's The Only Taboo That I Don't Like To Cross.

I Don't Feel Ignored. But I'd Rather Engage Readers Than Dictate My Opinion To Them. Opinion Is So...subjective!

For Film, I Audition Just Like Everyone Else, Because It's A Different Set Of Casting Directors.

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.

I Don't Care About My "impact" - I Only Care About The Theater As An Art Form And Criticism As An Act Of Writing.

Before Babies, I Worked Very Hard To Make Sure I Understood My Surroundings And Figured Out Where I Fit In The World, Whether It Was At Work Or Whether It Was In A Social Situation. And With Kids, You Just Can't. The Rule Is You Can't Really Do That Because They Dictate And They Change So Much So You Just Have To Go With The Flow More And Be Present And Not Have Big Expectations And Be Amused All The Time.

If I'm Doing Some Weird Tick With My Mouth, Or Not Standing Still Or Something, I'll Be The First Person To Notice It, And Then Want To Change That. I Think It's Important Just To Maintain Trajectory, To Not Just Use Your Same Tricks Over And Over.

You Have To Be Careful When You're Doing An Interview.

I Feel Like With Actors Wanting To Direct, You Really Only Have A Shot Or Two. You Can't Just Make A Bunch Of Little Independent Movies, And Then Finally One Gets Noticed. You Have To Make A Really Good One Right Away.

The Makeup [for Count Olaf] Took About Two And A Half Hours Every Morning. The Meditation Was Another Hour And A Half. I Would Eat A Big Breakfast - That Was Probably 45 Minutes. And Then It Was Lunch.