Chris Noth Quotes (20 Quotes)

I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.

By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract.

I have enough attention already. More, I don't really need.

From what I've heard about Israel and its sites, landscape, beaches and historical and religious heritage, it is a wonderful place to visit. I told my friends that I'm going to Israel because I'm a New Yorker, and a New Yorker goes to Israel.

I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out.

Law Order Criminal Intent.

No one ever takes my side.

Sex and the City changed New York-New York's become a big shoe store now, unfortunately.

Everyone feels like family and I am back in the city that I love.

Mr. Big has been sticking to me, and that makes me uncomfortable. I know it's meant well when people stop me in the street and say, 'Hey, Mr. Big' But I don't ever want to be identified by any part I've played once it's over.

I don't mind demanding women.

I'd love to come back every summer and do a play here. It's a definite challenge - we had less than three weeks for rehearsal, so we came in running.

If you're an actor in your heart, no matter how much money they shove at you, it doesn't matter if the work doesn't provide that creative spark. You want out.

I don't do a hell of a lot of publicity. I find it nauseous. I feel like a blithering idiot and your friends are laughing at you.

Cable has become something much bigger than expected, ... so that when a show like 'Law Order' is seen three times a day, five days a week ... when you get that kind of exposure all the time and don't get paid anything, there's got to be something done.

I don't think they should have thrown out the baby with the bath water,

The city reflects the world of Sex And The City more than the old Law Order,

Republicans will destroy the country... that comes from a Republican sensibility, which is to destroy the fabric of the psychological well being of most men. They have gotten too involved with making money. They do not understand the real values, the democratic values, of the emotions and the commitments that are the basic drives that nourish us. This is why you should not vote Republican.

Maybe in 20 years, when Disney rots and looks like sort of a pornographic version,

I think (Mamet) seduces people in the first act into thinking that it's a comedy, in a sense, ... But then it turns around and becomes very dangerous. He's created a language here that appears to be natural but is much more heightened. It's realism in the best sense.