"We're all looking for a way out, but we have to decide if it's worth it."
This quote by Denis O'Hare speaks to the universal human struggle for change or escape from uncomfortable circumstances. It suggests that many of us feel trapped, yearning for a better life or situation. However, the decision to pursue this change is not always straightforward. The "way out" may involve challenges, sacrifices, and uncertainties. Thus, O'Hare encourages us to weigh the worthiness of our pursuit – whether the effort and potential hardships are justifiable in light of the promised outcome or freedom we seek.
"I think love is just about the hardest thing to do in this world."
This quote suggests that love, a profound and powerful emotion, can be extremely challenging and difficult to navigate in our complex world. It implies that love requires significant effort, understanding, patience, and vulnerability. It's not something that comes naturally or easily; rather, it demands work, resilience, and dedication from those who choose to embark on this journey.
"The past can only haunt us if we let it."
This quote emphasizes that individuals have control over how their past affects them. The past events, experiences, or memories (the "haunting") persist as a part of our history, but they don't necessarily have to negatively impact our present if we choose not to let them. By learning from the past and focusing on the present, one can minimize the influence of past traumas, mistakes, or regrets and move forward with a clearer mindset.
"We pretend to be people we aren't and then forget who we really are."
This quote suggests that people often adopt roles, behaviors, or identities that don't align with their true selves in order to fit into societal norms, please others, or feel accepted. Over time, as these false personas become habitual, the individual may lose touch with who they truly are at their core. This can lead to feelings of disconnection, unhappiness, and a sense of not fully living an authentic life. It encourages self-reflection and embracing one's genuine identity for a more fulfilling existence.
"I believe that love is a decision, not an emotion. I choose you over and over again."
This quote suggests that Denis O'Hare views love as a choice, rather than just a feeling. He implies that genuine love involves conscious decisions to keep choosing one's partner over time, indicating commitment, dedication, and sustained effort in the relationship. In essence, he sees love as an action rather than merely an emotional state.
I was a big fan of 'Six Feet Under.' So, I got a bootleg copy of the first four episodes on videotape, watched them and was instantly into it. During the first episode, I was like, 'Eh.' By the time I got to the second one, I couldn't watch them fast enough. I got on the phone that night, called Time Warner cable and ordered HBO right then.
- Denis O'Hare
I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was 'Plain, Honest Men' by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same way. I kept getting in arguments about evolution and being bested. So I read Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species,' a fantastic book that is not that difficult.
- Denis O'Hare
I think it was 1987 - something like that - or '86, and I thought, 'When you go equity and you're gonna get paid, you'll finally be able to make a living.' But it was not to be so. I always bartended and waited tables so I ended up not doing theater for about a year because nobody would hire me.
- Denis O'Hare
It's pretty crazy. I was thinking about that today, how 'True Blood' has penetrated so much of the cultural zeitgeist. It's truly amazing; it's incredible! The cover of 'Rolling Stone' is major. What's next, the cover of 'Vanity Fair?' When I'm in a 'New Yorker' cartoon, then I will feel like I have made it.
- Denis O'Hare
When I did 'Racing Demon' by David Hare, I worked with Paul Giamatti, who had stacks of books in his dressing room. I was offstage a lot, so I would go read in his room. He was reading a four-part series on the Byzantine Empire by Alexander A. Vasiliev. I read two of those during the run of the play.
- Denis O'Hare
I went to Northwestern in Chicago, in Evanston, and then I ended up trickling down in Chicago theater. I did a bunch of plays, but I was non-equity. For a lot of people, non-equity means you're not yet professional. But for me, if you're in a mainstream theater, you're doing something real.
- Denis O'Hare
When you think of Grimm's fairy tales, they are deeply, deeply psychological. They're so powerful, so bloody, and really, really disturbing. Think about five-year-olds reading that stuff. Even 'Little Red Riding Hood' is a really freaky story. Grandma is gobbled up by a wolf, and the wolf is going to eat the girl. That's scary stuff.
- Denis O'Hare
Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.
- Denis O'Hare
Generally, it's a great exercise to not get stuck in one medium too long because you begin to lose perspective on the peculiar drawbacks and strengths of the medium. For example, if I'm in the back of the stage and I want you to see my emotional change by a flicker of my eyelid, we're all going to be in for a long boring evening.
- Denis O'Hare
Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important.
- Denis O'Hare
Between New York and L.A., and all of us who are actors, I feel like we're just one big, cast repertory company, all running back and forth between the coasts and between different shows. There is a wealth of great character actors, who show up, here and there, on different shows. I love the fact that we're allowed to do that.
- Denis O'Hare
I guess I didn't even know the word 'genre' until I did 'True Blood.' That's how naive I was, and I didn't realize that there was a point of view about certain types of TV. And so I guess I found it disappointing that there is a segment of the critical community that looks at genre as something that is separate, less than.
- Denis O'Hare
I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That's more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales. Fairy tales are as ancient as we are. I love those stories. I think they're really interesting because they always have more than simply the fright aspect. There's something deeply psychological.
- Denis O'Hare
And I guess I'm a kid at heart in that when I go for entertainment, I want to be totally transported. I want to go somewhere else; I want to encounter different things, different beings, different universes. And so I love that aspect of being able to play those things in both 'True Blood' and in 'American Horror Story.'
- Denis O'Hare
It's highly dishonorable to ever quit a production. I never have done it, and I can't imagine ever doing it. However, I have been in productions before where, on the first in the read-through, you feel that someone is in trouble, and indeed, actors have been let go shortly after read-throughs. I've seen that happen before.
- Denis O'Hare
My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom Bridge. I played a fast-talking radio huckster - a salesman of crystal sets in the 1920s - and I actually won an award. Look at that! And then promptly didn't get hired for a year.
- Denis O'Hare
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