Christopher Meloni Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I love to act. I need to act. It's the big itch I need to scratch.”
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“Life is never straightforward or emotionally black and white.”
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“It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.”
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“The surprising thing about fatherhood was finding my inner mush. Now I want to share it with the world.”
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“My first thought when I came here was that I understood why there are so many great Irish writers - because there is something mystical in the air. There's always this cloudy, moody sky and it's challenging.”
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“If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it.”
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“You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, 'Am I having fun?'”
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“I love feeling the crispness of fall and the sensuality of spring.”
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“I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.”
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“I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.”
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“I'd have to say Bali's my favorite place that I've visited.”
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“I'd like to go away for six months and learn to kiteboard and windsurf. I love pinochle, I love chess and I love windsurfing.”
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“I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines.”
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“I don't get called very often to play innocents.”
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“But I came from a conservative Republican background.”
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“I love my children beyond all reason. They're my joy, even when they're wild with kid energy.”
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“I never find sincerity offensive... so, be sincere.”
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“Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want one thing.”
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“My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.”
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“I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.”
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“You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense.”
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“People don't know where to place me. Terry Gilliam used me as a quirky cop in 'Twelve Monkeys', and then he hired me again to be an effeminate hotel clerk in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. Another time, I was shooting this indie film 'The Souler Opposite' and six days a week, I'm playing this big puppy dog, then I come to the 'NYPD Blue' set and become this scumbag.”
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“I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important”
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“I think we present extreme aspects of human behavior and hopefully get at times, messages across or bring issues to the table or as we so often say, shed light into the dark crevices of human nature”
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“I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can't help but grow. That's not to say you don't make mistakes or make bad choices, but that's part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings”
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“I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you're toast. You are toast. It's like running a marathon. You can't think while you're doing it. Especially when different directors come in who are not part of the posse, the circle”
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“I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I've done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I've made my money, so I don't have to say yes to anything.”
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“I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of coming over here as some kind of big shot. It's been a learning experience for me too.”
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