Neil Patrick Harris Quotes

You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.

I've always been involved with all aspects of my careers. Being behind the camera seems as natural as in front.

I have always been a multitasker when it comes to my career; I've been an actress, a singer and everything because I love to do what I do.

I would want like, model-slash-actress-slash-designer-slash-mother-slash... cook! I just like having my finger in loads of pies all the time.

I am the man who stands on the stage spinning plates on the top of poles. Every now and then the PM gives me another plate and I have to keep that going as well.

I have other careers in terms of stand-up, stage acting and writing, so I don't feel too hidebound by that, but I do quite like playing those warm roles.

I love doing different things where, for a little while, I can focus on standup then sketch writing, then performing, then directing a video. That, to me, is stimulating.

I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.

I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.

Everybody thinks if you do one thing, you can't do something else. So I like the fact that I can be versatile if I want to.

I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.

I certainly feel fortunate in my career to have been able to continue to work in different mediums. I don't ever want to be the guy who gets really good at one thing and just does that over and over and over again.

I could have become a mime or a juggler, but I became a singer-songwriter instead.

I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.

I think it's just my nature. I can't work on one thing. I have to work on many things.

I'm one of those performers who has done just about everything except juggle, and I'm working on that.

I learnt circus skills in drama group, so I can juggle.

I'm an actor. I can't afford to have a type. I love to mix it up.

Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films.

I think it's all the same animal for me. There are actors who sing, and there are actors who direct, and I also improvise. That's one thing I do as part of my acting. I don't really separate the two.

I play the guitar, and I juggle.

I like creating the illusion that suddenly I've just done five things at once.

When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be an actor. When there is a good script, I would like to be both a director and an actor. The switch is very natural, not intentional.

It's just about being an entertainer; it's about having all those tools over the years to do all sorts: films, musicals, playing a bit of piano, running a quiz show - it just becomes part of the job.