Chris Messina Quotes
How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things meet up and have the execution just right, I always found very difficult.
Quotes to Explore
-
River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
-
When all are wrong, everyone is right.
-
I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
-
I believe in aging gracefully.
-
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
-
Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
-
Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
-
There are two sides to being pregnant. There is the beautiful, wonderful blessing side. The second side - it sucks!
-
I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
-
My most annoying habit is complaining about my aches and pains. It's the new ones that I haven't identified yet that make me nervous. According to my wife, I complain way too much. I may be a borderline hypochondriac, or you could say I am fascinated by the body - at least by mine.
-
I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
-
Viking women were able to rule kingdoms, divorce husbands, own land; and Vikings were very progressive in terms of the rights of women.
-
Reducing caloric intake is the only proven method of extending life. If caloric intake is reduced to 20 percent below maintenance, you can extend your lifespan considerably.
-
I believe in giving more than 100% on the field, and I don't really worry about the result if there's great commitment on the field. That's victory for me.
-
I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
-
At primary school, it was always me and this other girl, Lauren, who would fight over who was the fastest every year. I was quicker, but for some reason, she always got the glory leg in the relay team. That used to annoy me.
-
There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that.
-
I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on.
-
I've lost count of the plane tickets I've had in my pocket for people's weddings and other celebrations which I've had to tear up because I was making a film. How many things like that can you miss and still be in people's lives?
-
People come up to me sometimes and ask for a picture but don't even say hello. They sort of forget that I'm a person.
-
I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard.
-
Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible.
-
Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.
-
How precise you need to be when you're in a comedy, and the honesty you need and to have those two things meet up and have the execution just right, I always found very difficult.
