I’m always learning from experiences because each one is different and there are different players involved in the project at the time with their own way of doing things. – Christopher Meloni
I take this art very seriously and passionately. I love what I do. You can’t help but grow. That’s not to say you don’t make mistakes or make bad choices, but that’s part of the art. Painters paint bad paintings. – Christopher Meloni
My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day. – Christopher Meloni
I’d like to go away for six months and learn to kiteboard and windsurf. I love pinochle, I love chess and I love windsurfing. – Christopher Meloni
I still have a dream of one day – I would love to hire a semi-retired contractor and just build a house – him and I building a house for me. I would truly love to do that. – Christopher Meloni
I’m just an actor, but if the extra part of it is that I’m helping people or people are being helped by the virtue of what we’re doing, then that’s just a really nice added extra. – Christopher Meloni
My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking. – Christopher Meloni
I have worried about getting pigeon-holed, but now I think I’ve done enough weird, offbeat stuff not to be. And I also know that I do things for the right reasons: I’ve made my money, so I don’t have to say yes to anything. – Christopher Meloni
I love my children beyond all reason. They’re my joy, even when they’re wild with kid energy. – Christopher Meloni
I love my lifestyle now, but at the end of nine months, you’re toast. You are toast. It’s like running a marathon. You can’t think while you’re doing it. Especially when different directors come in who are not part of the posse, the circle. – Christopher Meloni
It is a weird feeling to have people go, ‘Hey Chris’ like they know me. But, number one, 99 percent of my experiences have been really cool. People couldn’t be nicer and more positive. – Christopher Meloni
It’s great to be recognized when I’m looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don’t put it to best use. I’m such a lump. I won’t cut the line. It’s my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it. – Christopher Meloni
I didn’t get into acting to be a public service announcer or an advocate and yet, by virtue of this show and how we handle the subject matter that we’ve been given, that’s kind of how it’s evolved in certain ways. – Christopher Meloni
You can be childlike without being childish. A child always wants to have fun. Ask yourself, ‘Am I having fun?’ – Christopher Meloni
It’s always been kind of weird to me because when you give someone an autograph, you’re looking down at a piece of paper and once you sign it the person moves on. – Christopher Meloni
I think to be a successful comic, you have to be exceptionally smart and exceptionally perceptive. – Christopher Meloni
I really love to act; I love everything about it. I’ve never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there’s part of you that is saying, ‘I want attention’ but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important. – Christopher Meloni