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Nick Offerman Biography

Nicholas Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, writer and comedian who is known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, for which he received the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. And for his role in The Founder, in which he portrays Dick McDonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast food chain McDonald's. His first major television role since the end of Parks and Recreation was as Karl Weathers in the FX series Fargo, for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

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I come from the theater, where I got into acting because I love transforming. I love nothing more than to be unrecognizable.

Acting, Nothing, Theater, Transforming, Unrecognizable

I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U. N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil. I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching a tipping point. And, I see other people who really just want to survive to make it to the next election, rather than making means of change.

Development, Election, Mean, People, Philosophy, Tipping

With all of the visual distraction constantly inundating us in the form of our devices and screens, I really derive a great deal of pleasure from watching the sun rise and set, admiring clouds as they change shape across the sky, watching tree leaves and blossoms undulate in the breeze. . . . these treats foment an ocular-cleansing refreshment to my way of thinking.

Clouds, Leaves, Sky, Sun, Thinking, Undulate

If I had to pick one form of acting, it would be live theater. That's where I started; that's where I became a man, I think I'm still finishing up that job.

Acting, Finishing, Jobs, Man, Men, Thinking

I've split my life between a few different disciplines.

Different, Discipline, Disciplines, Life, Split, Splits

I learned as a young man that I don't write jokes, but that I can deliver more mundane material and get a laugh. I call myself a humorist.

Deliver, Laugh, Laughing, Man, Men, Writing

Figure out what you love to do, then figure out how to get paid to do it.

Figure, Figures, Love, Paid, What You Love

It's hard to swallow when people say, "Oh my God, you're a master of something. " I say, "No, I'm actually a student of that. I could turn you on to websites for 25 masters, and you'll quickly see that I am their disciple. "

Disciple, Masters, People, Students, Websites

Turn off your computer and go out of doors. Dig a large enough hole to transplant a mature apple tree. Nurture the tree, feed it, coddle it so that its fruit will be ample, bright and firm. Practice open-hand strikes against the rough bark of the trunk until it's time to harvest. Choose the champion of your apple crop, pluck it from the tree, and beat yourself about the face and tits with it until your mettle will suffice.

Apples, Dig, Doors, Practice, Tits, Turn

Don't use barbiturates before going on stage. And be honest.

Barbiturates, Honest, Life Changing, Stage, Use

I am a saxophone player.

Player, Saxophone

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.

Appetite, Hedonistic, Moderation, Pounds, Strict

The key, I would say to any fledgling humorist starting out, is to make sure that sloppiness is part of your recipe. That way they come to expect fumbling and clumsiness and they say, "Oh, it must be a charming part of his personality. "

Come, Key, Keys, Personality, Sloppiness

I'm opposed to a lot of the time that we as a civilization have come to spend looking at screens. For my money, life is much delicious damn near everyplace but inside that screen.

Civilization, Everyplace, Life Changing, Life Is, Screen, Spend

Really, all religious teachings can be boiled down to: “Just be cool. Don’t be an asshole.

Asshole, Being Cool, Boiled, Religious, Teaching

I don't know what it is on an elemental level, but a beard in general evokes hedonism. It's a more lush personal grooming style. It's more comfortable and cozy; it's less sharp and angular and businesslike. I feel like a beard is more Hobbit-like, even though Hobbits themselves are clean-shaven.

Cozy, Elemental, Levels, Sharp, Style, Though

I think what makes so many other actors miserable is focusing completely on making other plans. They're obsessed with their haircut and their headshot and their agent, their IMDB profile or whatever.

Actors, Agent, Agents, Focusing, Think, Thinking

I'm very hairy, and men in film and TV are no longer allowed to be hairy.

Allowed, Film, Longer, Men, Tvs

Not only do I recommend [Wendell] Berry to anyone who will talk to me for more than seven seconds, but I buy his books in quantity and send them to people. I bought a few dozen of his newest, "Our Only World. "

Berries, Book, Bought, People, World

I have a ridiculously beautiful wife who's super sexy, and as long as she's happy with me, I don't need to look in the mirror and think, "How do I stack up next to Bradley Cooper? Would Cooper rock this shirt?" Doesn't matter. He does not have your wife. You do.

Beautiful, Long, Rock, Sexy, Thinking

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