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. ”

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. ”

I love to act. I need to act. It's the big itch I need to scratch. ”

I love feeling the crispness of fall and the sensuality of spring. ”

The reason why I hate working in theatre is the tedium of memorisation. But once that is done, then you feast on this never-ending meal. If you play it correctly, every night is fraught with very high stakes that are very difficult to find in everyday life. ”

If you take life at face value, it loses its luster pretty quickly. If you go after it, you get more out of it. ”

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. ”

In my own defense, I wrote a one-man show, and that to me was more where I fit. ”

I love my children beyond all reason. They're my joy, even when they're wild with kid energy. ”

My wife has brought great beauty into my life. And my daughter has brought me nothing but joy. Those qualities were greatly lacking. ”