Chris Messina
Related ED WEEKS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES DREW FULLER C. JOYBELL C. There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thi... TEDDY SEARS Makes me want to swerve my car into a bridge abutment. BILL MANN Makes me want to swerve my car into a bridge abutment, BILL MANN ORLANDO BLOOM It makes me proud, and it makes me scared. More than anything, I want to be an actor and I want to k... RANDY HARRISON His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING TAMMARA WEBBER FRANCINE RIVERS JOEL EDGERTON FRANCINE RIVERS FRANCINE RIVERS STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY C. JOYBELL C. LAUREN MYRACLE But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial ins... DOUGLAS WOOD JOAN COLLINS RICHARD HAMMOND There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's n... CAMPBELL SCOTT We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL SAMANTHA MORTON CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE MAGGIE SMITH a disappointed bridge " (2.22)... JAMES JOYCE LOIS LOWRY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY A.A. MILNE A.A. MILNE ADELAIDE KANE JOEL EDGERTON JOHN MAYER CATHY ENGELBERT CHLOE THURLOW A great deal of my battle, as an actor, is to whittle away the things that make me self-conscious an... BILLY CAMPBELL Should l go on playing bridge and dining, going in the same old monotonous circle? It's easy tha... ANTOINETTE PERRY Life is is like being in a carpool, sharing the ride makes it more enjoyable and less monotonous. JAIME CONTRERAS SAM HARRIS Sometimes having an unexpected person in the car, or being in unfamiliar places can throw him off. Y... STEPHANIE YATES SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT DYLAN MCDERMOTT Jamie Dornan is one of those guys who has no idea how gorgeous he is. He's crazy in love with hi... JENNIFER MORRISON EDDIE REDMAYNE UTA HAGEN JOSH FOX ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The truth of the matter is, I am a black woman, and I am an actor. I don't try to get caught up ... CONDOLA RASHAD JOHN DONNE HENRY JAMES COLIN FIRTH C. JOYBELL C. MARGOT ROBBIE JAMES CORDEN MARTIN SHORT STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY STEPHEN CHBOSKY We have tears in our eyes ROALD DAHL I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was rea... CAITY LOTZ TED DANSON NICK KROLL What we consider typical of the male is a question I ask myself quite often - it's relevant to m... ELLIOT COWAN Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm au... ADAM PALLY LORDE ALFIE ALLEN There's something so wonderful about being an actor in New York. KAREN ALLEN The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE It is so torturous to be in the crowd not only because the voice there is usually loud, but also oft... ANUJ SOMANY JIMMIE JOHNSON RUSSELL CROWE AKIO TOYODA ROBBY GORDON Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the h... ASHTON EATON ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH 'Quantum Leap' gave me a huge opportunity as an actor. The nature of the role and it's d... SCOTT BAKULA M.L. BRENNAN IRWIN WINKLER A holiday is one day. It's not something to throw the towel in for. JACKIE NEWGENT RYAN TEDDER I never wanted to be an actor. I never want to be an actor. I want to be a movie star. The whole ide... VINCENT GALLO As an actor, it's hard to direct because, suddenly, you're not around. The thing which I hat... DANNY HUSTON JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL
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