Christopher Meloni Quotes - Page 2

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• I still have a dream of one day - I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house - him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that

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  Dream, House, One Day

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• But I came from a conservative Republican background.

  Christopher Meloni

  Surfing, Conservative, Republican

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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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  Dark, Thinking, Issues

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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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  Dog, Vegas, Blue

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• The reason why I hate working in theatre is the tedium of memorisation. But once that is done, then you feast on this never-ending meal. If you play it correctly, every night is fraught with very high stakes that are very difficult to find in everyday life.

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  Hate, Night, Play

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• I've got the best of all worlds. It's every actor's dream to wake up in New York City and go to an acting job rather than to a restaurant to wash dirty dishes. And I live so close to the studios that I ride my bike to work.

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  Dream, Jobs, New York

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• It is a weird feeling to have people go, 'Hey Chris' like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn't be nicer and more positive.

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  Positive, Numbers, People

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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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  Art, Mistake, Choices

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

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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

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  Cutting, Catholic, Guilt

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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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  Mean, Addiction, Acting

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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.

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  Hard Work, Years, Tvs

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• Life is never straightforward or emotionally black and white.

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  Black And White, Life Is, Straightforward

  "Christopher Meloni and Writer/Director Joel Surnow Talk SMALL TIME, Returning to a Script from 1976, Casting Process, SIN CITY 2, and SURVIVING JACK". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 18, 2014.

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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. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.

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  Character, Hard Work, Years

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• In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit.

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  Men, Defense, Fit

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• Whoever envisions not one but two series in New York?

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  New York, Uprising, Two

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• This is a dream come true. To wake up in a place that I own and go to work in New York City as an actor - I feel like Mary Tyler Moore throwing her friggin' hat in the air.

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  Dream, New York, Air

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• It's always been kind of weird to me because when you give someone an autograph, you're looking down at a piece of paper and once you sign it the person moves on.

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  Moving, Giving, Pieces

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• I never find sincerity offensive... so, be sincere.

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  Offensive, Sincerity, Sincere

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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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  Mother, Children, Dad

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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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  Running, Thinking, Circles

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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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  Thinking, Done, Stuff

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

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  Smart, Successful, Thinking

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

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  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.

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  Going Away, Six Months, Chess

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

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  Forget Everything, Lines, Busy

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