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Chris Messina, born on August 11, 1974, is an American actor known for his diverse roles in television and film. He has gained recognition for his versatile acting style and in-depth character portrayals.

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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.”

Thinking Should Rhythm Clue

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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.”

People Opportunity Sound Corny Great People Great Opportunity Pinching

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

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

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“I love 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really love that world. I love that style. I love all the actors on it.”

World Actors Style Empires Boardwalks Boardwalk Empire

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“I'm from another time period. E-mailing sometimes, for me, is difficult.”

Sometimes Difficult Periods Another Time Time Periods Mailing

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“I'm from Long Island. Strong Island.”

Long Strong Islands Long Island

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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.”

Actors Lucky Great Actors

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

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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.”

People Trying Done Girl Youth Trying To Change

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“There's been a lot of times that I thought I'd never work again; I was really bummed out.”

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“Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.”

Ifs Hard Bigs Stars Directors

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

People Wells Strange Kissing

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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.”

Way Play Months Couple Bones

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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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“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.”

Thinking Way Years Eye Challenges Girlfriend Pipe My Girlfriend Sweaters Knitting

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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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“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.”

Want Writing Mind Voice Involved Projects Flattering

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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.”

Want Actors Waiting Car Bridges Monotonous Towels Waiting Around

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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?”

Thinking Should Jobs Life Is Girl Should Have Dating Crisis Yeah Questioning

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“Nothing is as it seems; everything is as you allow it to be”

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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."”

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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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“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?"”

Mean Wish Mistake Mad

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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."”

Term Emotion Indifferent Woody

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

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“You live through the play at 8 o'clock, straight through, and nobody can call "Cut!" But also with the stage you're getting instant reactions. You hear people snoring in the audience, and bored to tears, or sometimes you hear the laughter, and you can hear them listening.”

People Sometimes Audience Cutting Tears Listening Laughter Bored Instant Snoring

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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.”

Looks Ideas Would Be Ultimate Satisfaction

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“Invented the #hashtag.”

Google Bragging Hashtags

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“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.”

People Knows Spirit Fun Rain Decided

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About the Author

Born: August 11, 1974
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 30

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