Chris Messina Quotes

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.

Chris Messina

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 11, 1974

Topics

CarWaitingMeBridgeDriveWant

I was doing a Broadway musical called 'Smile' with Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch in 1984/5 when it abruptly closed. Howard was in the middle of pre-production for 'The Little Mermaid,' so he kindly invited all the girls in our cast to audition for the film.

Jodi Benson

SmileDoingLittleFilmMiddleCast

I think I'm a part of all the characters I play, definitely at different times in my life. In real life, I'm kind of a tomboy. I like to read a lot I like watching T.V. I don't think I'm as interesting as my characters, but I like doing what I do.

Sprague Grayden

LifeThinkInterestingMy LifeDoing

I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays.

Ronda Rousey

TimeCoolSunglassesThinkOutside

In an age of social media and content being key, it's important to change the mold where you have $100,000 to $150,000 for one video. I hired some guys that are young, just out of college, and we used some new, far-less-expensive cameras and technology to make videos.

Ronnie Dunn

ChangeTechnologyAgeSocial Media

My mother had faith in me, had more faith in me than I had in myself, and knowing that she did made me try to find faith. She believed in trying things.

Rosemary Mahoney

MotherFaithMyselfMeTryingFind

One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.

Jason Segel

RomanticEndComedyYouKnowGoing

There is something complete about Stevie Wonder, and one senses that he is not only exceptionally important today, but will continue to be for as long as he chooses.

Jon Landau

TodayLongWonderImportantWill

My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.

Cheryl Strayed

FriendPeopleAdviceYouPersonUp

I love voice work.

Cheech Marin

WorkLoveVoiceI Love

There's no redemption in being robbed. Yeah, maybe you can replace that thing, but it will never be the way it was when you got it the first time. It'll never have the same weight and preciousness again.

Brian Tyree Henry

TimeYouWillWayRedemptionNever

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce. Telling to win through purposeful stories is situation, industry, gender, demographic, and psychographic-agnostic. It's an all-purpose, everyone wins tool.

Peter Guber

PeopleWinStorySomeoneGenderYou

I think 'Jaws' is a remarkable film.

Peter Jackson

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