Chris Messina
Chris Messina
Chris Messinais an American actor and film director. He has appeared in supporting roles in films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Argo, Julie & Julia, Ruby Sparks, Celeste and Jesse Forever, and You've Got Mail. The actor won critical acclaim for his lead performance in the film The Giant Mechanical Man. On television, he is known for his roles as Chris Sanchez in Damages and as Danny Castellano in The Mindy Project...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth11 August 1974
CityNorthport, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.
Yeah, I think everybody has the crises of questioning themselves at some point or other in their lives. Is this where I should live? The job I should have? The girl I should be dating? Is this the friend I should have?
I would love to close my eyes and see myself with my girlfriend when we're 99 years old and I have a pipe and she's knitting a sweater, and I hope that's the way it goes. I think it's a challenge every day.
I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.
I've spent so much of my youth trying to change people or change girls and then having it done to me and people wanting me to change.
I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.
I'm from Long Island. Strong Island.
I'm from another time period. E-mailing sometimes, for me, is difficult.
I love 'Boardwalk Empire.' I really love that world. I love that style. I love all the actors on it.
I like funny things, but I don't find myself particularly funny.
I am a big fan of movies from the '70s.
There's been a lot of times that I thought I'd never work again; I was really bummed out.
Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.