Denis O’Hare

If you see me

If you see me in New York, you’ll probably see me on my bicycle riding furiously between a city bus and a taxi cab, hitting one of them on the side and yelling at them. Denis O’Hare

For all the import

For all the import and message of ‘The Iliad,’ it’s ultimately a story that’s meant to be heard, and the person hearing ‘The Iliad’ determines what it means. Denis O’Hare

I read ‘Dracula’ in

I read ‘Dracula’ in high school. I’ve been around vampires forever. Denis O’Hare

I hate singing. I

I hate singing. I hate dancing. I enjoyed doing ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Assassins,’ but I would wither up and die in ‘The Music Man.’ Denis O’Hare

I was a big fan of ‘Six Feet Under.’ So, I got a bootleg copy of the first four episodes on videotape, watched them and was instantly into it. During the first episode, I was like, ‘Eh.’ By the time I got to the second one, I couldn’t watch them fast enough. I got on … Read more

I read five books

I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was ‘Plain, Honest Men’ by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same way. I kept getting in arguments about evolution and being bested. So I read Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of the Species,’ a fantastic book that is not that difficult. … Read more

I received a phone

I received a phone call; my agent got a phone call from Ryan Murphy saying he wanted to talk to me… And he basically outlined ‘American Horror Story’ for me and said that there’s a character named Larry the Burn Guy, and I’d like you to play it. Denis O’Hare

I think it was

I think it was 1987 – something like that – or ’86, and I thought, ‘When you go equity and you’re gonna get paid, you’ll finally be able to make a living.’ But it was not to be so. I always bartended and waited tables so I ended up not doing theater for about a … Read more

We live in a

We live in a world where we’re all on computers and tablets and phones, all the time, so something as odd as computer hacking or a virus is really scary because it gets to the heart of our security. Denis O’Hare

I love monsters, I

I love monsters, I love creatures, I love beings, I love aliens. That’s more supernatural and more the stuff of fairy tales. Fairy tales are as ancient as we are. I love those stories. I think they’re really interesting because they always have more than simply the fright aspect. There’s something deeply psychological. Denis O’Hare