“If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it.” Quote by Christopher Meloni
“You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told.” WantStoriesWatchesEpisodesCompelling Author:Christopher Meloni
“I'm just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I'm helping people or people are being helped by the virtue of what we're doing, then that's just a really nice added extra.” PeopleIfsHelpingActorsVirtueNiceExtrasBeing NiceHelping PeopleReally Nice Author:Christopher Meloni
“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.” PeopleIfsSelfCharacterShowsDealsWorryCrazyCrimeEpisodesUnitsPersonal LifeArcsCrazy PeopleSelf Contained Author:Christopher Meloni
“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.” I CanLevelsMinesTvsHeroHorrorProtectOkayIntensitySeanProtect YourselfDe Niro Author:Christopher Meloni
“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.” YearsFirstsSeasonsStrikesEpisodesThreatened Author:Christopher Meloni
“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.” ThinkingWarFunnyRocksExampleGapsRepublicOscarsBananas Author:Christopher Meloni
“I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.” ThinkingGivingYearsFirstsBigsActingClassBoysBreakTelevisionCollegeCoupleShotsDecidedAgentsSitcomNbcActing Classes Author:Christopher Meloni
“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.” WorldDreamJobsActorsActingCitiesNew YorkWake UpStudiosDirtyRestaurantsNew York CityDishesBikeNaughtyDirty Dishes Author:Christopher Meloni
“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.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensFeelingsNumbersPositivePercentHeyKnow MeReally CoolCool PeopleWeird Feeling Author:Christopher Meloni
“It's just nice to work hard and be rewarded, which is having lots of people watch. And the icing on the cake is for me is to be able to walk around with pride, feeling that the product you put out is worthy of being watched. But honestly, it's not a big deal. I don't put too much stock in fame or celebrity anyway. I don't put it in the 'important' box.” PeopleImportantHardFeelingsBigsAbleWalksDealsWatchesToo MuchNiceProductsHard WorkPrideFameBoxesWorthyHonestlyCakeBeing NiceBig DealIcingIcing On The Cake Author:Christopher Meloni