Quotes from Neil Patrick Harris

I felt a little green, because Shakespeare writes the thought process within the text; it was tricky not to think of what to say and then say it, and instead just deliver the lines.

I'm a big proponent of monogamous relationships regardless of sexuality, and I'm proud of how the nation is steering toward that.

I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.

If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared and re-appeared all over the place.

The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing musicals, you have to be in shape physically, mentally, and have to be on your game all the time. That's exhausting. On TV, especially a sitcom, you have a lot of free time to play.

I love physical stuff. I love circusy, weird, breathing fire and bucket-listy things.

I love the 'So You Think You Can Dance' show. I love it. I think it's some of the best hours on TV.

If you don't have any ties to the music industry, you just love 'American Idol,' you can sit there and do exactly what you do in your living room, which is stare at them and judge them.

I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad.

Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.

I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.

It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though.

I have more artistic control in a smaller show. But it doesn't really matter. Sometimes you can have the smallest role in the smallest production and still make a big impact.

I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it's probably good - I get to go home and sleep.

I'm not the best cruise ship crooner. I'm not the best karaoke guy.

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.

We're in such a volatile climate right now politically. I think they didn't want Assassins to not succeed due to popular opinion and politics, versus on its own merits. I can respect that.

As actors you don't want to have one label. You'd rather have seven.

I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.

I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats.

We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.

When I auditioned for the show, I didn't realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else.

I'm in a play on Broadway, I have an animated TV show coming up, I have a few movies that just came out.

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.