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Josh Radnor is an American director, actor, and writer, widely recognized for his work in film and television. He achieved major fame for his role as Ted Mosby in the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." He has also directed independent movies and continues to contribute creatively to the entertainment industry. Here are 57 of his quotes:

When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it. (Josh Radnor)
My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's not that cool to hate something just because it's popular. View quote
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I care about reading, a lot. It's a big part of my life. View quote
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Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool. View quote
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You know, I'm not saying, 'Oh, because I play a good guy on TV, I need to suddenly be villainous in a movie.' I look at it more like: does this role has a kind of urgency for me in terms of, 'Can I not say no to it for whatever reason?' View quote
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I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound. View quote
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I don't think evil people or negative people are inherently interesting all the time. People who are good people getting better at being themselves - to me, that's something that's really interesting to watch. View quote
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It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York. View quote
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We are so vocal about what we hate. View quote
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It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters. View quote
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Time off from the news is always something I welcome. (Josh Radnor)
An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous. View quote
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To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other. View quote
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I have really good female friends. I've never bought the whole men-and-women-can't-be-friends thing. I think that's sort of nonsense. View quote
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As a person, I'm anti-violence. View quote
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We don't have a lot of space in our imaginations to allow people to expand what they do. View quote
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I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in! View quote
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After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs. View quote
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If I'm feeling something, I have a lot of different ways to express it, you know? I can write an article about it. I can write a screenplay about it. I can act in someone's thing. View quote
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I know not everyone starts out reading high literature. If you read enough you might be drawn to some other things, so maybe those vampire books are what they call 'gateway books.' I just coined that term. I don't know if there's a thing called 'gateway books. View quote
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The reflexive allergy to L.A. that a lot of New Yorkers have, I feel like it's kind of nonsense. (Josh Radnor)
No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope. View quote
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I tend to read things that are a little more on the nourishing side. But if I don't enjoy something, I'll put it down. View quote
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When I write a film, there's a particular thing I am wrestling with and the question or concern I'm dealing with has to be big enough for me to dedicate a year or two of my life. If the question isn't big enough, or rich enough, I'll lose interest. View quote
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Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun. View quote
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Occupation: American Director
Born: July 29, 1974
Quotes count: 57