De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But Ive realized I cant operate at that level of intensity. Thats okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself. – Christopher Meloni
But when youre a working actor – and thats what you keep saying in your head, how blessed you are to have a job – and you are working with heavyweights, working with the best guys in TV, its pretty cool. Exhausting, but cool. – Christopher Meloni