Chris Messina Quotes

• The rain probably dampened the spirits of those that decided not to come. But the people who were here didn't know it was raining because they were having so much fun.

  Chris Messina

  Fun, Rain, People

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• Nothing is as it seems; everything is as you allow it to be

  Chris Messina

  Seems

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• Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.

  Chris Messina

  Ideas, Satisfaction, Would Be

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• I mean, in the editing room, you sit there, and you're so happy about a lot of it. You've got these great actors, and the DP's great, and you love it... And then there's so much you're mad about. Cause you've made so many mistakes. So yeah, there're scenarios where you're like, "Ah, I wish I could change this. How do I make this better?" "No matter what I do, the scene's not working, what do I do?"

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  Mistake, Mean, Mad

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I would love to close my eyes and see myself with my girlfriend when we're 99 years old and I have a pipe and she's knitting a sweater, and I hope that's the way it goes. I think it's a challenge every day.

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  Girlfriend, Eye, Thinking

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• I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.

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  Thinking, People, Actors

  "Chris Messina: Hollywood's Busiest Man and His Existential Questions". Hollywood Reporter Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 15, 2013.

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• Yeah, I think everybody has the crises of questioning themselves at some point or other in their lives. Is this where I should live? The job I should have? The girl I should be dating? Is this the friend I should have?

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  Girl, Jobs, Thinking

  "Chris Messina: Hollywood's Busiest Man and His Existential Questions". Hollywood Reporter Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 15, 2013.

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• I was shooting on The Mindy Project while I was editing Alex of Venice, which was the stupidest thing I could've done. It was like having two full-time jobs. But in editing some characters were dropped, some storylines were dropped. It just starts dictating what it's supposed to be.It's scary, but fun to try to be brave and to "kill your darlings." To get rid of the stuff that you were like, "Oh, I'll never get rid of that. I love that. As long of a take as it is, I'm gonna keep that in."

  Chris Messina

  Fun, Character, Long

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.

  Chris Messina

  Thinking, Cooks

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• I think Aaron Sorkin is like Shakespeare. When you go through it, there is a rhythm and clues all over the place of how it should be played.

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  Thinking, Clue, Should

  "Chris Messina Doesn’t Play Favorites". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2012.

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• I've spent so much of my youth trying to change people or change girls and then having it done to me and people wanting me to change.

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  Girl, People, Trying

  "Chris Messina Talks Ruby Sparks, Celeste and Jesse Forever, Argo, the Mindy Project, Damages, and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 23, 2012.

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• My wife Jennifer Todd, who's a producer. She runs Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's company, and she produced Memento, and Boiler Room, and Prime, and Across the Universe... and Alice in Wonderland... She's really smart, and very helpful. That was nice, because I was super neurotic and worried.

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  Running, Nice, Smart

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Invented the #hashtag.

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  Google, Hashtags, Bragging

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• I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

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  Lucky, Actors, Great Actors

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• I'm from Long Island. Strong Island.

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  Strong, Islands, Long

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• Woody Allen, when we did Vicky Cristina Barcelona, said to Rebecca Hall, "Do it one time happy, one time sad, and one time indifferent, as I won't know where you should be until I'm editing this, in terms of your emotions."

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  Emotion, Woody, Term

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• As corny as it sounds, I'm often pinching myself going, 'What great opportunities and great parts and great people that I've gotten to work with.

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  Opportunity, People, Sound

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• What's monotonous about being an actor and often makes me want to throw in the towel or drive a car off a bridge is the auditioning - the waiting around.

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  Waiting Around, Bridges, Car

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• It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.

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  Writing, Voice, Mind

  "Chris Messina, ‘Celeste And Jesse Forever’ Star, On His Crazy Year". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 3, 2012.

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• If you cry too much on screen, you're crying for the audience.

  Chris Messina

  Cry, Audience

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.

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  Running, Character, Cities

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• I am a big fan of movies from the ’70s.

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  Fans, Bigs

  "Chris Messina Doesn’t Play Favorites". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2012.

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• I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.

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  Funny Things

  "Chris Messina Doesn’t Play Favorites". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2012.

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• When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.

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  Couple, Play, Way

  "Chris Messina Doesn’t Play Favorites". Interview with Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2012.

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• Well, it's always strange to kiss someone with 10, 20, 40 people around.

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  Kissing, People, Strange

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