A biography for Neil Patrick Harrishasn’t been written yet.
“My favorite time to dance is at, like, wedding receptions, when it's all ages and everyone seems to be having fun.”
“I love Buster Keaton. I was a big fan of the stunt shows at Universal Studios. I'm a huge Cirque du Soleil nut.”
“In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger.”
“Thankfully, the meat of the Tony telecast is the performances from the shows, so the awards show kind of creates itself around the season, and then I fill in based on the vibe of the season in general. I'm happy that there'll be so many legitimately good performances on the show.”
“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 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.”
“I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there.”
“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've been very fortunate to go from interesting chapter to interesting chapter.”
“Mr. Steven Bochco is a very wise man. After a many-monthed nationwide search to find a precocious teenage doctor, he hired me.”
“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.”
“I pride myself in being able to straddle demographics, and if that was said as Barney Stinson, it would mean a little different thing.”
“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 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 feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going.”
“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.”
“With the Tonys it's a little tricky because a lot of the funnier jokes are more insider, so people watching at home may not get a Julie Taymor reference the way that New Yorkers would. So you have to figure out what comedy plays to a large audience and still respect the individuals who are there.”
“Chef's choice is my favorite. I'm super adventurous.”
“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.”