Quote by Christopher Meloni
De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But Ive realized I cant

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

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You couldnt pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve peoples problems, you have to baby-sit people, you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense. – Christopher Meloni

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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. – Christopher Meloni

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I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldnt 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. – Christopher Meloni

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Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, its helpful. So the fact that there wont be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, thatd be helpful. – John Cusack

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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. Im attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isnt quite what Im seeing – taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff Ive never seen before. – Quentin Tarantino

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I want to make movies that pierce peoples hearts and touch them in some way, even if its just for the night while theyre in the cinema in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin. – Russell Crowe

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Im married to the theater but my mistress is the films. – Oskar Werner

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