Chris Messina Quotes

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 am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

  

  Ralph Ellison
  • People
  • Mind
  • Man

• I love observing people. Each face tells so many stories. It lets me understand emotions, and that, in turn, helps me apply my skills as an actor.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • People
  • Love
  • Emotions

• People are totally overusing LOL and a wink - and I'm very guilty of using the wink - that's probably my favourite emoticon to use because 'I'm being sarcastic, don't misinterpret; don't misconstrue; I'm just kidding.' Again, for as many benefits as it has, also picking up the phone and having a conversation speaks volumes.

  

  Carly Pope
  • People
  • Up
  • Guilty

• I hope people don't think I'm crazy, because I'm not.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • People
  • Hope
  • Crazy

• I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

  

  Earl Butz
  • People
  • Challenged
  • Lots

• The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • Hand
  • Cutting
  • Down

• Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.

  

  Ma Jian
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Weight training and working on being explosive helped me gain a few yards of pace. Even when I was small, I was stocky. Even if people pushed me, I managed to stay on my feet.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • People
  • Small
  • Training

• The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • People
  • World
  • Knowledge

• 'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • People
  • Movie
  • Worth

• My deceased patients have taught me over the years to believe in the glass half full, to make good use of the time we have, to be generous - that was their lesson for the Uber-mind, and it was free. 'Do that,' they said, 'and then perhaps death shall have no dominion.'

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • Time
  • Good
  • Believe

• Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Bad

• Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Fall
  • Said

• You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • People
  • Play
  • Guitar

• Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.

  

  Florence Henderson
  • People
  • Love
  • Kids

• Look, I'm a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • People
  • Great
  • Cancer

• Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.

  

  Aaron Stanford
  • Good
  • Story
  • I Can

• Young people who have no future will easily give up their future, which they can't see on the horizon.

  

  Yossi Sarid
  • People
  • Up
  • Future

• Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

  

  William Shakespeare
  • Heart
  • Words
  • Matter

• Personally, I don't like the term 'success.' It's too arbitrary and too relative a thing. It's usually someone else's definition, not yours.

  

  Ichiro Suzuki
  • Success
  • Like
  • Someone

• I'm not very good at going to parties and looking like I'm having fun.

  

  Edie Campbell
  • Good
  • Fun
  • Having Fun

• I had both male and female heroes.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Heroes
  • Had
  • Both

• Bruce Lee loved all different styles of martial arts. He believed that you shouldn't limit yourself to one style, because martial arts is just another form of human expression.

  

  Jake Shimabukuro
  • Different
  • Style

• 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.

  

  Chris Messina
  • People
  • Good