The Greatest Love Story Ever Told Quotes

“All I ever want to do is read. I only leave the house under duress.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“It may seem a little obvious that Megan would feel that in her music or that I would feel it in woodworking, but there are so many domestic places, so many little ways that you can make your existence holy in how you choose to treat your loved ones and people in your community.”
― Nick Offerman, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“Get out of your house. Get off of your phone. Then go and participate in things that thrill you.”
― Nick Offerman, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“I also really feel the touch of my parents when I’m in the kitchen, thanks in part to the fact that I’m often frantically texting with them while I cook.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“we all have our mythologies that allow us to comprehend the incomprehensibility of life.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“I love first read-throughs because you get to find out what everybody’s vibe is, and who’s good, and who sucks. It’s fun—it’s like the first day of school. You find out who you’re going to be friends with.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“There was no question. I had been looking for the woman of my dreams, with whom I could trust my devotion, and I found you. I would have fucking still slept on the couch for years, because, great—if you’ll let me adore you, I’ll be here. (Laughs)”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“N: And then we both came to find that celebration and that life in the actual live theater. So I’ve always said—I always get a laugh when I say it, but I mean it sincerely—that theater is also born of religion. And to me that is very religious. We both talk about how we feel like we have a calling. When people ask me what my favorite thing to do is—theater, film, TV, or whatever—I say theater because of the immediacy. You can feel the medicine you’re giving your audience through laughter or tears or what have you. And the medicine they give back is the closest thing I’ve felt to some kind of holy transaction.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“This was 2000, pre–cell phone. At the beginning of any theatrical venture, there is a contact sheet for the cast so that if you have questions for a fellow cast member, you can contact them outside of work. But I had given my fax number because I didn’t want any of those motherfuckers calling me at home.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“M: I had dutifully scanned the entire circle of the cast to see who I was going to have my fling with, because of course that’s what you do the first day of rehearsal, if you’re single. I’m sorry to say that my lord and master Nick Offerman did not make the first cut. He did not register on the fling-o-meter.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“You know what? I've never had any money, and I've always lived like a king.”
― Nick Offerman, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“I would throw my phone out the window right this second if I thought I could get away with it.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“N: I think that I, too, understood that the theater was a place where you can do a whole bunch of different arts. M: I agree. N: You can dance there, you can sing there, you can build scenery there, you can choreograph fights there, but for both of us, apparently, our main thing was, “Let me perform good writing.” That became clear to me. That’s what I wanted to do. When I did Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, I was twenty-five, and that was a very seminal moment. I thought, “If I can just speak writing like this to an audience, that will be a pretty satisfying life.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“I flung my arms out and yelled, “Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the World’s Greatest Clown!” Then I proceeded to go into my act, which I hadn’t planned out in any way, shape, or form, so it petered out pretty instantaneously.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“The vast majority of these romantic liaisons, including my marriage, were born in the theater, where we were able to very deeply observe one another engaging in a very vulnerable version of something we love: acting.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“Nick wore these yellowish-gold overalls every day that he wrote people’s addresses and phone numbers on—N: There’s a very practical reason for that. M: Not being able to afford paper?”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

“I hate it, how high-stakes the fashion aspect of it has become. A long time ago, Janeane Garofalo wore cutoffs and a T-shirt to an awards show, and that’s always been my gold standard. I wish everyone could relax and be able to just wear whatever you want, and feel good and be comfortable. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but anybody who criticizes someone for what they’re wearing or how they look is a piece of shit. Happy-face emoji.”
― Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told