The first thing I thought [when I read the script] was that Frasier was an intellectual at some points but also an Everyman - flawed and very insecure. Kelsey Grammer More Quotes by Kelsey Grammer More Quotes From Kelsey Grammer I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life. Kelsey Grammer duty overcoming thinking What I can control is how I react. I can't control anything else. Kelsey Grammer i-can My life is a party thrown for me by my own decisions. Kelsey Grammer party decision life-is Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time. Kelsey Grammer piano music prayer Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow. Kelsey Grammer apology regret moving The mark of a man is one who knows he can' control his circumstances - but he can control his responses. Kelsey Grammer mark circumstances men I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived. Kelsey Grammer finals liars lying While it is tempting to play it safe, the more we're willing to risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the chances we never took. Kelsey Grammer risk regret play My own take on it is that government will never adequately represent every person in the country. It can't. It's not possible. It's a multicultural, multifaceted society in which we live. The country, I think, thrives because it's willing to embrace many ideas at the same time, but once a decision is made you will be unpopular with many people. The business of our political leaders is to go ahead and make a decision and let the chips fall where they may. That's a very hard thing to do. Kelsey Grammer country fall thinking I went and did some things [rehab], and then of course my life didn't change that much [for a while], but I never missed work. Kelsey Grammer rehab courses I became an actor, and because I had success as an actor, I became famous. I was acting for quite a while before I got famous; television made me famous. I guess that it's television that is responsible for everybody's desire to be famous. Kelsey Grammer actors acting desire Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it. Kelsey Grammer want people thinking A child is a reinvigorating experience. It almost does feel like immortality, but not in the way people think. It reminds us there are universal truths that are most simply seen through the mind of a young person. Kelsey Grammer children people thinking I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job. Kelsey Grammer important littles jobs The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge. Kelsey Grammer judgment sin I'm an actor and I've created a lasting and memorable character named Frasier, who is not me, but who most people think is. So when I have a chance to play something that's different, I embrace it because it's fun; also in this case, he's a memorable character. Kelsey Grammer memorable fun character Alexander Pope once wrote that the theater aspires to wake the soul by gentle strokes of art - to raise the genius and to mend the heart. Kelsey Grammer genius soul art I always thought Cheers ended well. You always anticipate that the characters, theough they're leaving television, will somehow go on in another world of the imagination, which I think is good. Kelsey Grammer cheer character thinking It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill. Kelsey Grammer strange-person thrill fame No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy. Kelsey Grammer grief self loss
