Chris O'Donnell Quotes

• If you fall out of favor, you quickly stop being part of the conversation. But it can take one great project to turn things around. All you need is one hit or one great idea well-executed, and everybody's talking about you again.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Success, Fall, Talking

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• I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Dad, Hard Work, Home

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• I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Smart, Thinking, Car

  "Chris O'Donnell: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. March 1, 1996.

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• I knew when I got into this business I couldn't have it both ways: I could live the playboy lifestyle, which is not a bad thing to do, or have a traditional family life, which is how I grew up. And that was more important to me.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Important, Way, Lifestyle

  "Hollywood’s hottest husband is Chris O’Donnell, see poll" by Cathy Heys, www.irishcentral.com. May 19, 2010.

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• I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Giving, Chance, Lennon

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• I don't get surprised very often to be honest. I'm the kind of person who you couldn't throw a surprise party for because I'd figure it out.

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  Party, Honest, Kind

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• You have a couple of buddies sleep over, and, you know, you play cops and robbers. That I'm getting paid to do it now is kind of funny.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Couple, Sleep, Play

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• I would be in Italy working on a film, longing for something simple - like, God, I would just kill to be sitting at a barbecue having a beer right now.

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  Beer, Simple, Would Be

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• My wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along. With the first baby, when she cried, we'd think, Oh my God, what do we do now? But with Finley, our fourth - he's the easiest baby ever, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that we're much more relaxed these days.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Baby, Thinking, Wife

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• I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But I would feel that way even when I had every offer in the world coming to me. Then I became a father and I felt a little more of the anxiety that came with the responsibility of being a parent.

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  Father, Responsibility, Thinking

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• I'm definitely the most tech-savvy in my family. My wife wouldn't have a clue, as far as getting the computer working. All of my kids, it's amazing. Like everybody's kids, they're more savvy than I am, probably.

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  Kids, Wife, Computer

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• The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Crazy, Taken, Careers

  "5 Kids & No Nanny: How Chris O'Donnell Does It" by Laurie Sandell, www.redbookmag.com. May 17, 2010.

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• I am an obsessive garage cleaner - my wife and the neighbors make fun of me. I remember that my father was the same way, and now when I'm out there unearthing things in the garage, I realize I am becoming my dad!

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  Fun, Dad, Father

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• My daughter Lily's the oldest, and by the time she was six months, we just had books of photos. Poor little Maeve, who's six months old now My mom hasn't met her yet, and last night she said, 'Show me some pictures!' I'm looking through my phone like, 'Well, I got a couple, but they're from two months ago'

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  Mom, Daughter, Couple

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• I try not to get too rattled about things that aren't that important - there's a different outburst for when the kids are reaching for a knife in the kitchen versus the reaction I have when they just won't stop talking. And my wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along.

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  Kids, Talking, Knives

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• Because I'm married and have kids, I feel like I sometimes get pegged as a choirboy or something, but I wouldn't exactly describe myself that way.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Kids, Way, Married

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• I'm glad I'm not a politician.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Politician, Glad

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• L.A. just doesn't seem real to me. Chicago does. My real friends are there. It's home.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Real, Home, Chicago

  "Chris O'Donnell: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. March 1, 1996.

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• Just so you know, I'm a really boring interview. I hate doing them.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Hate, Interviews, Boring

  "Chris O'Donnell: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. March 1, 1996.

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• I'm from a big family - I'm the youngest of seven - and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It's what we're used to, and for us it's what life is all about.

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  Kids, Wife, Big Families

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• I was burned out, and my wife and I were having our first kid, so I wanted to take some time off. In this business, if you take too long, the landscape changes. So the opportunities that were there when I decided to take a break weren't there when I came back.

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  Kids, Opportunity, Long

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• It's the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Children, Feelings, Arms

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• I look to my family for my support. I'm fortunate to have a big family.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Support, Big Families, Looks

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• I don't try to be completely calculating in everything I say and do, but there's no way I'm going to talk. There's no reason to. And that's why I'm such a boring interview, because I don't go for the shock value, or smartass answers.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Trying, Answers, Way

  "Chris O'Donnell: Whatever Blows Your Hair Back". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. March 1, 1996.

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• I don't know that 'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a complete reinvention, but I'm playing one of the guys in charge this time. Before I'd be cast as a young impressionable character. I think part of that is just being more mature.

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  Character, Thinking, Guy

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