Matt Barnes Quotes

I love Christmas. I'm totally the 'decorate early, start listening to Christmas songs super-early' guy.

It's a great time to do a show, at Christmas time. People are by and large in a Christmas frame of mind.

I prefer Christmas, which is everybody's holiday. It's just my nature. I don't like to be zeroed in on en masse.

I would love to DJ the royal wedding. Just so I could play Candle in the Wind non-stop.

I had just finished working on a play, and we started to talk to the 'Happy Endings' folks. There was interest from both sides, which was exciting, because I thought it was very fresh. Adam Pally's just a really funny, talented dude. I thought I'd be great to jump on and do some comedy.

The joy of Christmas causes hundreds of radio stations around the country to play Christmas music all day, and people will exchange millions of gifts to remember the first gift of Christmas, the infant Jesus.

When I got inaugurated in 2010, OneRepublic donated their time and played for the inauguration. And my stepfather, who is 86, came out. He usually goes to bed at eight o'clock, but he stayed for the entire concert. It was awesome.

Plays have a celebratory nature that no other form has. Theater always meant celebration, a birthday, a reward for good grades. I felt at home in a theater. I loved being part of an audience. All the rules - the audience has to see the play on a certain date at a certain time in a certain place in a certain seat.

I had a ball on 'Soul Train.'

I was very, very fortunate that 'Chico and the Man' was on TV, that helped me quite a bit. Of course, having the No. 1 Christmas song in the Spanish market, 'Feliz Navidad,' doesn't hurt either.

The nature of television - it's quicker than both a play and a movie.

Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.

I don't really have any plans in terms of what I want to do - movies, television, theater - but I'd love to do a play in New York.

I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper.

WrestleMania is a week of activities and family-oriented fun, and then there is the special night at the end of it where you can see history being made.

I won an Emmy in 2006!

Birthdays are about doing something fun and interesting.

It's a rare treat to be able to play in front of friends and family.

I'm really excited about 'Mingle All the Way'. Obviously I love Christmas, I love Christmas music, and the idea of becoming part of someone's positive memories from Christmas because they watch the movie -- I think that's the greatest thing.

My favorite Christmas movie is 'Elf,' and I think there's a really cute romance in 'Elf.'

I think Christmas, for me, has always been about family, as cliche as that sounds.

Got to go to the ESPYs, which was so cool.

Aye aye, I'm not one of these people that hate Christmas. Some people think it's all fake, but I like that kind of thing. It's like Las Vegas. I know this isnae really the Eiffel Tower and that isnae really the Statue of Liberty, but it's just a bit of fun.

I never watched any award show.

If you turn on the film, I can play.