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Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh?
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Believe
Crazy
Tvs
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I have a hands-off policy when it comes to my larynx.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Hands
Policy
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I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Girl
Real
Real Life
Shy
Life Real Real Life
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I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Big Movie
Bigs
Feels
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I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Care
These Days
Tvs
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As much as theyll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Fighting
Let Me
My Own
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As much as they'll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Stunts
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If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Able
Choke
Eight
Seconds
Grabbed
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Guns make you stupidbetter to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
War
Fighting
Smart
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My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Mom
Boys
Raised
Three
Welfare
Boy
Anybody
Herself
Worse
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I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Green
Bushes
Cultivate
Thumb
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There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Fighting
Honor
People
Leaves
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My role as a producer is very specific. It's maintaining the creative truthfulness, day in and day out.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Creative
Maintaining
Roles
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The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
China
Fun
Lucy
Thinking
Burn
Lawless
Notice
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When you're dealing with espionage and covert affairs, sometimes the secret is more exciting than the knowledge.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Affair
Secret
Sometimes
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I think that's why I keep being drawn back to television, because I think it's one of the most creative outlets.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Creative
Thinking
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There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Junior Year
Program
School
Years
School Anything High School
Junior
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Do you want to see a mother and son antagonistically attack each other every single episode for five years? I don't think so.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Mother
Son
Thinking
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We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Divorced
Life Father My Life
Life Father Parents
Wanting
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I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Accomplished
Bigger
Bigger And Better Things
Want
Better Things
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What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Gardener
Green
People
Surprise
Thumbs
Green Me People
Me Surprise People
Bushes
Cultivate
Thumb
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I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Jobs
Facilitate
Thinking
Writing
Business People Way
Recognized
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Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Believe
Care
Crazy
Work Believe I Am
Huh
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Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said 'you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.' I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Encouragement
Teacher
Graduate School
Hart
Program
School
Graduate
High School Teacher
Patty
Route
School Teacher
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You're living in the Caribbean in the United States and sometimes it's incredible blue skies and sometimes it's an incredible thunderstorm that kind of screams through, but I love that part of Florida.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Incredibles
Kind
Sometimes
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If you think about TV series, we make 16 one-hour movies a season. You don't get any opportunity like that in movies. I mean, I can't say I'll be able to do 16 movies in the next year, and so that's how I see it.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Opportunity
Mean
Thinking
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It's very, very technical, what we do in film. While all of the lights are there and all of the crew members and directors are staring right at you, you have to be honest. It's a very difficult, but technical medium.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Directors
Honest
Light
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I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
New York
Chic
Cities
Smarter
Thinking
Always City New
City Sometimes New
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I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Feet
Fence
Porch
Rail
Splits
Squares
Designed
Enclose
Recommend
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I think that, especially with cable, it's an avenue to be creative. I think why people are drawn more now to cable shows than ever is that they take more risks, they're creatively pushing the envelope. I think that the networks have to answer to a bigger advertising calling, whereas the smaller cables have lower ceilings that they can bump their heads on.
Jeffrey Donovan / Television Actor
Creative
People
Thinking
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