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Nick Offerman

Actor and woodworker, Ron Swanson on Parks and Recreation

u/NickOfferman ↗AMA only
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His 2012 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 12 posts and 50 comments from u/NickOfferman, dated 2012 to 2021, most often in r/IAmA.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I'm actor, author, and perfectly decent wood worker, Nick Offerman. I also have strong feelings about the outdoors, beef cows, and badgers—so much so that I have a new book about it all. AMA, please and thank you.”

Hi Nick! Do you have a favorite Ron and Leslie moment from Parks and Rec?

u/NickOfferman replied

Haha who could ever pick. I guess the improvised scene I auditioned for the job with, in which Amy was her usual hurricane of comedy, during which I sat stoically, unmoved, until she finally finished her solo fireworks and I merely replied "no".

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I'm actor, author, and perfectly decent wood worker, Nick Offerman. I also have strong feelings about the outdoors, beef cows, and badgers—so much so that I have a new book about it all. AMA, please and thank you.”

What's the secret to a strong, long and successful Hollywood marriage?

u/NickOfferman replied

I think the secret to staying together is simply to make your relationship the top priority in your life. In Hollywood, that often will mean saying "no" to jobs that could erode your fidelity, like say your spouse is working…

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I think the secret to staying together is simply to make your relationship the top priority in your life. In Hollywood, that often will mean saying "no" to jobs that could erode your fidelity, like say your spouse is working on an award-winning sitcom in California, and you get offered the role of a curmudgeonly wizard somewhere in the South Pacific for many months, during which you wouldn't be able to be together, to make a purely hypothetical example...if you take the job as guardian of the ring-bearer and his party, to pull a phrase out of thin air, you might gain a nice entry or 4 on your IMDB profile, but run the risk of losing your household, and for me, I want the relationship and home to last forever, as opposed to the acting resume.

In a thread on r/IAmA

NICK OFFERMAN FATHER'S DAY WHISKY FUN and wood

u/NickOfferman replied

Most of the items were made much to quickly for any woodworker I know to pull off (except maybe JimmyDiresta.com) but I did make the canoes and paddles, as well as the large mahogany dining table Ron sold at Donna's…

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Most of the items were made much to quickly for any woodworker I know to pull off (except maybe JimmyDiresta.com) but I did make the canoes and paddles, as well as the large mahogany dining table Ron sold at Donna's school fundraiser...usually though I was too busy making the show to be able to make things like the Irish harp or the award-winning chair...