Quotes by David Burtka - Page 1

My face couldn't play Jewish.
David Burtka / Actor
Jewish
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I've always wanted to do a cabaret.
David Burtka / Actor
Cabaret
Always Wanted
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Being back in New York is so exciting!
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New York
York
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I'm happy ever since stepping back to New York.
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Stepping
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I always have poached shrimp and blanched vegetables on hand.
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Shrimp
Vegetables
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I'm a chef, so I really like knowing where my food is coming from.
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Chef
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I'm pro Instagramming... but sometimes it's annoying if I'm really hungry.
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Annoying
Pro
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As a chef, I like to be totally prepared. I'm so big on lists. I love lists.
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Chef
Love Big Like
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Working with Sam Mendes was a dream come true. He's unbelievable as a director.
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Unbelievable
Sam
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I don't love being thought of as Neil's barnacle. It's a strange shadow to follow.
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Shadow
Neil
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I am a different person in NYC. My energy is way different. I just make sense here.
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Different
Energy
Nyc
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People under-salt their food, and they think it's bland, but salt brings out flavor.
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Bland
Flavor
Salt
Brings
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Room service is a hard thing to pay for. That's, like, oatmeal for $12? That makes me mad.
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Oatmeal
Room Service
Hard Thing
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Sometimes funerals can be good. It reunites you with your cousins you haven't seen in a while.
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Cousin
Funeral
Sometimes
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Neil and I have always been big fans of drag, emerging theater, and anything that is really 'out there' in terms of performance.
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Drag
Emerging
Neil
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Life for me in Los Angeles required medication. I spent nine years being sad and down in the dumps. L.A. doesn't work with my chemistry.
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Chemistry
Medication
Life Work Sad
Required
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It's really great to get your kids involved in the kitchen. Not only will they have an appreciation for food, but their palates will expand.
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Appreciation
Involved
Expand
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I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether being a chef or an actor or a dancer, being a dad is what I do best.
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Chef
Life Best Family
Important Thing
Most Important Thing
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A relationship is work, and it changes. And you go with the changes. It's more good times than bad times, but it's not always good. You have to overcome those issues and move on.
David Burtka / Actor
Relationship
Bad Times
Good Times
Issues
Work Good Relationship
Work Good Always
Overcome
Move
Move On
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I hate getting flowers. I can't stand when I get a bouquet of flowers, because I have to stop what I do, cut the flowers, put them in a vase - if you're going to bring flowers, bring them in a vase already!
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Hate
Bouquet
Bring
Flowers
Cut
Getting
Put
Vase
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I love getting anything homemade - anything that's from the heart. If you can make or craft your own something, that always goes above and beyond, like, a candle - which is great, but if it's homemade, that's so much better for me.
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Great
Candle
Heart
Homemade
Love Great Always
Like
Above
Anything
Always
Much
Me
Make
Own
Beyond
Love Great Heart
Craft
Getting
Goes
Something
Which
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The first three years was our honeymoon period. Then you settle into the relationship, and it morphs into just living, breathing. It becomes more comfortable, but it becomes a necessity - something you can't give up, like an addict.
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Breathing
Giving Up
Years
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The problem - not problem, but main thing - for me has been adjusting my kids... Four-year-old twins! I'm waking up in the morning for rehearsal, taking them to school, and then having to go to rehearsal - trying to do a 15-minute warm-up, even on the subway.
David Burtka / Actor
Adjusting
Rehearsal
Subway
Twins
Waking
Main
Main Thing
Waking Up
Warm-Up
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The kids are really great at baking cupcakes, cookies, of course - that kind of stuff - but I love delegating responsibilities for dinner so you have them picking herbs, or I have plastic knives for them so they're learning sort of how to chop. It's pretty great.
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Baking
Cookies
Dinner
Herbs
Plastic
Love Learning Great
Chop
Course
Picking
Responsibilities
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It's been a long road. A humble Dearborn beginning. Secretary mom, dad teaching handicapped children. Working for what they had. Eventually, I moved to L.A. but, not good for me, I felt rejected. So I stopped acting and, needing to feel good inside, became a chef.
David Burtka / Actor
Chef
Feel Good
Handicapped
Humble
Long Road
Moved
Rejected
Secretary
Inside
Mom Good Dad
Became
Beginning
Good Mom Dad
Eventually
Good Dad Mom
Needing
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I ended up breaking with my boyfriend, and a week later, Neil and I had a date. We started hanging out every single night, and after three months, it was just non-stop. We talk on the phone at least eight times a day and text at least 25 times a day. He's my lifeline in an amazing way. Without him, I can't breathe.
David Burtka / Actor
Boyfriend
Breathe
Eight
Months
Non Stop
Breaking
Date
Phone
Ended
Every Single Night
Lifeline
Neil
Single Night
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