The main thing about doing a comedy is that you spend most of your days really happy and laughing. Chris Messina Read Quote
Probably the best part about being an actor is that you get to be a traveling wanderer. Chris Messina Read Quote
Doing something like ‘Damages,’ I played a character with post-traumatic stress. I was playing with sleep deprivation. I was not sleeping; I stayed up for three days at a time, drinking Red Bull. I would get shaky and tired and hyper. Chris Messina Read Quote
When you do a movie, you shoot, and then you go away. A lot of the times you walk about from the movie, you say, ‘Oh, I get that scene now… Oh, that whole ending – I wish I could have done another shot.’ Chris Messina Read Quote
The truth is really funny. It’s uncomfortable sometimes, it’s dramatic sometimes, but it’s really funny. Life is funny. Chris Messina Read Quote
I was in a movie called ‘Before & After’ with Meryl Streep. I was edited out of the movie, but no one told me. I think I was 18 or 19 years old. I sat across from her and asked her every question about acting. I completely embarrassed myself. Chris Messina Read Quote
For the longest time, I was always like a guy that people would think they went to high school with. They’d be like, ‘How do I know you?’ After, we’d play a guessing game. I’d say, ‘I’m an actor,’ and they’d go, ‘Oh, what have you been in?’ I’d list my credits, and they wouldn’t really remember me. Chris Messina Read Quote
A lot of acting, as I grew up wanting to do, is kind of like magic… I’m not comparing myself to him in the least bit, but if you knew what Daniel Day-Lewis was doing every step of the way and what he was eating, I don’t think when he popped up as Lincoln we would quite believe it. Chris Messina Read Quote
I was so bad in school that acting gave me some kind of identity and gave me a home. Chris Messina Read Quote
