Johnny Galecki Quotes & Sayings

#1. I'm still a Chicagoan in the fact that I can't do Christmas with sand and palm trees. It just doesn't compute - it's not Christmas unless your face hurts when you step outside.

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#2. Just selfishly, I wanted to be associated with something as synonymous with cool and cutting edge and artistic as CBGB. People are aware of that, at least, even if nothing else. That's something to be proud of, to be a small part of the association with something like that.

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#3. It's always a really great thing to have an actor that does make you want to up your game. It naturally motivates you to do and try things that maybe you wouldn't necessarily do or try.

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#4. In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit to your character's back-story.

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#5. You get to a certain point - gratefully - when you're out of your twenties, and you realize how fleeting life is. So, it becomes important to feel as if the people in your life know exactly how you feel about them at all times.

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#6. People are complicated; you put two of them together and it's generally a mess, but hopefully a beautiful mess.

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#7. 'Entourage' is a great show, but it's fantasy. I spent my twenties in L.A. in this business, and my life didn't look anything like that. 'Big Bang' reflects a side of men that is rarely shown. We see their flaws - all of them.

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#8. Scientists are not these guys in lab coats deep in the inner bowels of universities and hospitals with their Bunsen burners. They're the people molding the culture that we live in, the future of our culture, and the technology we rely on every day.

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#9. When I grew up, scientists were anti-social people who worked in basements and wore coats and worked with bunson burners, and now they're in our technology every day, and our technology has almost become fashion accessories.

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#10. It's never been a priority for me to concentrate on the likability of the character.

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#11. We can't really do any improv on 'The Big Bang' because we don't understand a lot of what the dialogue means to begin with, because of the physics jargon.

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#12. It's that one thing that you're passionate about, that you end up developing tunnel vision for and everything else tends to fall by the wayside. Passion is appealing and universal.

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#13. I was the sibling that kind of kept it all on a level when life at home got tough. I did it through comedy, sarcasm and distraction. All families are complicated, but my home life was glaringly uncomfortable much of the time, and it was me that took the onus.

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#14. I don't know what to do with myself between films. I end up doing unhealthy things like shopping or drinking. I'm pretty schizophrenic about it.

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#15. I've never really addressed those rumors because I figured, 'Why defend yourself against something that is not offensive'?

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#16. I know a lot of incredibly, profoundly talented, skilled people that aren't given certain opportunities or any opportunities, and that aren't working.

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#17. You can't really claim too much ownership of your character. They really do belong to the writers, and in many ways, you're just their puppet.

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#18. There is that stereotype of a nerd with the high pants and pocket protector and that kind of thing. That can sustain comedy for maybe a movie - hence the 'Revenge of the Nerds' franchise - but not for hopefully years on the air. It's a sight gag, not a story.

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#19. People always ask about learning all of your lines as an actor, and it's generally the easiest part of the job.

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#20. Growing up in Chicago, I was a theater nerd. That might be very cool on the East Coast, but in Chicago, it's really the athletes that come in No. 1 on the cool scale. Maybe musicians after that. Community theater? That's way down the list, my friend.

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#21. Comedy is similar to hockey ... in only one way. You get a lot of credit for assists. So I try to serve whatever the intention is, be it the joke or the story or the scene or the moment or the kiss, even if it's not my joke or moment.

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#22. When you read the news, and you see all this bad stuff happening, there's a tendency to lose faith in humanity. But I meet so many people who restore it and realize that, actually, 99 percent of people are great.

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#23. Theater audiences don't pull punches. They'll let you know when they're feeling ripped off.

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#24. You know, I read the papers and I watch the news a lot. I watch 'Dateline' and '48 Hours'. And I think we have a tendency to become terrified of one another, thinking that there is a serial killer that is on either side of you.

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#25. I'm not at all competitive. I'd rather play Solitaire than ping-pong.

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#26. I haven't really addressed those rumors because why defend yourself against something that isn't offensive?

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#27. Perhaps 'Big Bang' fans feel so protective of the show because it is, despite being a hit show on a big network, something of a word-of-mouth phenomenon.

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#28. It's always interesting for me to watch the pilot of an established show because you see how the writers and actors weren't really sure what the show was and what the dynamics were. If you look at the pilot for 'Seinfeld,' for example, it's practically unrecognizable.

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#29. When I started on 'Roseanne,' it was a great achievement for me at the time. But I wasn't a part of building it; I wasn't a carpenter in creating that juggernaut.

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#30. Right now, I'm very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course.

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#31. We didn't have a TV because we didn't have a whole lot of money. My parents would have their friends over - their friends who thought, 'How can you live without a TV?'

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#32. I'm not at my best when I'm not working - I'm certainly not at my happiest. Acting will always be my first love.

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#33. I work in fantasy all day, so when I go home, I want to touch reality.

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#34. As they say, there are two rules in improv: Never say no, and never ask why. When another actor asks 'Why?' or says no to something you're suggesting, then it's very clear that they're putting the onus on you, because they're not comfortable with it themselves.

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#35. I used to know Jennifer Love Hewitt. We lived in the same apartment building when I was about ... jeez, I guess it was when I was doing 'Christmas Vacation', so I was about 13 or 14.

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