Christopher Meloni Quotes - Page 2

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• But I came from a conservative Republican background.

  Christopher Meloni

  Surfing, Conservative, Republican

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• I didn't get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we've been given, that's kind of how it's evolved in certain ways.

  Christopher Meloni

  Acting, Matter, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

  Christopher Meloni

  Dark, Thinking, Issues

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• I've written a couple screenplays and half-finished plays.

  Christopher Meloni

  Couple, Play, Half

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• TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years.

  Christopher Meloni

  Hard Work, Years, Tvs

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• My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day.

  Christopher Meloni

  Mother, Children, Dad

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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

  Christopher Meloni

  Mean, Addiction, Acting

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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.

  Christopher Meloni

  Theatre, Actors, Hips

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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.

  Christopher Meloni

  Thinking, Done, Stuff

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• It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it

  Christopher Meloni

  Cutting, Catholic, Guilt

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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.

  Christopher Meloni

  Art, Mistake, Choices

  "Christopher Meloni Preps for the Emmys". Interview with Ileane Rudolph, www.tvguide.com. August 22, 2006.

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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

  Christopher Meloni

  Running, Thinking, Circles

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• I think Chris Rock at the Oscars was a great example. I thought that was intellectually hilarious. The Gap starts a war with Banana Republic... That to me was funny.

  Christopher Meloni

  Funny, War, Thinking

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• I'm a nudist at heart.

  Christopher Meloni

  Heart, Nudists

  "Kit Harington naked confession: Game of Thrones star reveals he loves skinny dipping at Emmy Awards" by Rebecca Pocklington, www.mirror.co.uk. August 26, 2014.

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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.

  Christopher Meloni

  Summer, Focus, Stronger

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• I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive.

  Christopher Meloni

  Smart, Successful, Thinking

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• I'd have to say Bali's my favorite place that I've visited.

  Christopher Meloni

  Favorite Places, My Favorite, Bali

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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.

  Christopher Meloni

  Going Away, Six Months, Chess

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• I'm so busy these days. I forget everything but my lines.

  Christopher Meloni

  Forget Everything, Lines, Busy

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• I like intellectual journeys.

  Christopher Meloni

  Journey, Intellectual

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• I don't get called very often to play innocents.

  Christopher Meloni

  Play

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• You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.

  Christopher Meloni

  Watches, Stories, Want

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• Crime is one of the leads of the show. If there's ever anything that deals with a character's personal life, you don't have to worry about it getting too crazy. People don't have to worry about character arcs. Each episode is a self-contained unit.

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  Crazy, Character, Self

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• De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

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  Hero, Levels, Tvs

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• How that works is our first season was the year we had a threatened writers' strike, so what we did was that instead of doing 22 episodes, we did 30. We put 10 in the bank.

  Christopher Meloni

  Years, Firsts, Episodes

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