Chris Messina

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.'

If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.

I think Aaron Sorkin is like Shakespeare. When you go through it, there is a rhythm and clues all over the place of how it should be played.

My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I used to take ballet.

That is the fun of being an actor. You play all different kinds of people.

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.

I like talking about acting. I'm comfortable talking about acting.

Probably the best part about being an actor is that you get to be a traveling wanderer.

Honestly, one of my favorite things about a director is when they understand what an actor brings to their role.

What's monotonous about being an actor and often makes me want to throw in the towel or drive a car off a bridge is the auditioning - the waiting around.

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

It's always flattering when somebody you really respect and like wants you to be involved in their project - let alone writes a part with your voice in mind.