Exclusive: Neil Patrick Harris Dishes on Intricate 'Lemony Snicket' Costuming and Playful Parenting Techniques

The star opened up to ET about the challenges of playing a character with so much makeup: 'All day long someone's just poking at your face.'

"It takes about three hours to get all the stuff on, and then all day long you have to make sure it's not coming off," Harris explained. "So all day long someone's just poking at your face. All day--literally, nine hours of someone between takes just [fixing your makeup.]"

"I like to always do things with a tongue firmly planted in my cheek. At least with the kids," said Harris, who shares 6-year-old twins Harper and Gideon with his husband, David Burtka. "That way, if I'm being reprimanding, or getting serious, at least I can still give them a little bit of a wink and let them know that I'm upset but not going to destroy them."

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