Article: THE CRAIC: Denis Leary; On "The Job"

Regan, Colin
Irish Voice
06-05-2001
THE CRAIC: Denis Leary; On "The Job"

Comic, TV star, Dad. Denis Leary does it all. COLIN REGAN talks to the
Boston native about Ireland, stereotypes, and a tragedy which hit close to
home.

DENIS Leary is a self-confessed optimistic pessimist. This is a
characteristic he believes he shares with the majority of Irish Americans
he grew up with in and around Boston.

"We had a great sense of humor about our general day to day lives, but
there was also a prevailing sense of gloom. It's what we used to call being
optimistic pessimists: knowing the worst is going to happen and looking
forward to it."

From the time Leary's one-man show "No Cure For Cancer" won an award at ...

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