Tony Hale Quotes

#1. If a D.C. event doesn't have crab cakes, it's low-rent and you need to flee.

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#2. My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My dad's dad. So my dad has an appreciation for the arts, and he let me choose my own path.

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#3. It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.

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#4. A lot of times, you feel like you're walking on eggshells in a creative environment, because everyone's having to watch out for egos so much of the time.

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#5. The Eisenhower Building - the furniture is mismatched; everything is just bad decor and bad quality. Everybody's looking down at their Blackberry. It's a really frantic, mismatched environment. But on the exterior, it's this whitewashed, gorgeous building. It's a fascinating contrast.

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#6. It's always a surprise! This business is always an adventure.

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#7. The only bipartisan place in D.C. is Brooks Brothers.

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#8. There are things that can only be said with a good string of cussing. I'm definitely fond of a few choice words. They say things that nothing else can say. Gotta love it.

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#9. Look, if I ever stop being grateful for gigs, I just need to stop. Because this business is ... you know, it's just so kind of job-to-job, and the fact that I've continued working ... I'm just incredibly thankful for it. And I never, ever take it for granted.

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#10. But I will say that Harve Presnell ... he was one of those guys who, when you're standing in a room with him ... he's such an older masculine force that I remember thinking, 'Wow, his voice makes me sound like Pee-Wee Herman.'

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#11. I always admire people who do commercials because they have to put together a beginning, a middle, and an end in 30 seconds.

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#12. I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.

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#13. What would be a show that I would rescue? If I could bring anything back, it would be 'The Carol Burnett Show'. Tim Conway is just ... I just watched him so many times do stuff over and over. He's just so amazing.

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#14. What's fascinating about D.C., the exteriors are these elaborate structures, this gorgeous architecture and beautiful stonework, and then you go inside and it's crap-looking - apart from the White House, which is beautiful.

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