Chris O'Donnell Quotes

• I am an obsessive garage cleaner – my wife and the neighbors make fun of me. I remember that my father was the same way, and now when I’m out there unearthing things in the garage, I realize I am becoming my dad!

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Father

  Tags in Fun, Wife, Realize

• My wife and I have mellowed out as we’ve gone along. With the first baby, when she cried, we’d think, Oh my God, what do we do now? But with Finley, our fourth – he’s the easiest baby ever, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that we’re much more relaxed these days.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in God

  Tags in Think, Relaxed, Fact

• I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Peace, Chance, Guess

• I was burned out, and my wife and I were having our first kid, so I wanted to take some time off. In this business, if you take too long, the landscape changes. So the opportunities that were there when I decided to take a break weren’t there when I came back.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Wife, Opportunities

• Some people aren’t touchy-feely, but I grew up in a family where you’d walk into the family room and there’d be five people on the couch with an arm here, an arm there, everyone scratching and taking turns.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Family

  Tags in People, Everyone

• I don’t know that ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ is a complete reinvention, but I’m playing one of the guys in charge this time. Before I’d be cast as a young impressionable character. I think part of that is just being more mature.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Character, Before

• The computer seems easy because Apple makes the products so easy to use at home. It’s the simple things, like getting the TV set up or getting the speakers to work. That drives me crazy.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crazy, Simple

• I’m definitely the most tech-savvy in my family. My wife wouldn’t have a clue, as far as getting the computer working. All of my kids, it’s amazing. Like everybody’s kids, they’re more savvy than I am, probably.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Amazing, Definitely

• I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, ‘When am I going to work again?’ But I would feel that way even when I had every offer in the world coming to me. Then I became a father and I felt a little more of the anxiety that came with the responsibility of being a parent.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Father

  Tags in Little, Moments

• There are obviously peaks and valleys in everyone’s career. This business can be a roller-coaster ride, and it’s really hard to stay on top all the time. Very few people do.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Career, Obviously

• You have a couple of buddies sleep over, and, you know, you play cops and robbers. That I’m getting paid to do it now is kind of funny.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Sleep, Couple, Kind

• I’ve grown up a little bit. I’m almost 40 years old now. But everyone was introduced to me when I was 18 and I looked like I was 15. I’ve been around a long time.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Little, Introduced

• I try not to get too rattled about things that aren’t that important – there’s a different outburst for when the kids are reaching for a knife in the kitchen versus the reaction I have when they just won’t stop talking. And my wife and I have mellowed out as we’ve gone along.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Important, Wife, Reaching

• I’m from a big family – I’m the youngest of seven – and my wife is one of four. So we always wanted a lot of kids. It’s what we’re used to, and for us it’s what life is all about.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Wife, Wanted

• This almost never happens, but what is really relaxing is just being in this house all by myself, sitting quietly and watching TV. But I basically never get that chance.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Almost

• L.A. just doesn’t seem real to me. Chicago does. My real friends are there. It’s home.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Home, Real, Friends

• I think I’m pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don’t have a new car, I drive my old car that I’ve had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Smart, Pretty

• I don’t try to be completely calculating in everything I say and do, but there’s no way I’m going to talk. There’s no reason to. And that’s why I’m such a boring interview, because I don’t go for the shock value, or smartass answers.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Completely, Boring, Everything

• I look to my family for my support. I’m fortunate to have a big family.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Support, Fortunate

• I’m glad I’m not a politician.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Politician, Glad

Chris O'Donnell (29)

Birth:	26th June, 1970
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Model, Television Producer

About

Christopher Eugene "Chris" O'Donnell was born in  Winnetka, Illinois. He is an American actor, model and TV producer. O'Donnell currently stars as NCIS Special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of NCIS. He attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing. He began modeling at the age of 13, and was featured in several commercials. His first television role was an appearance on the series Jack and Mike in 1986. In the early 1990s, O'Donnell was a featured player in many successful movies such as Fried Green Tomatoes, School Ties, and Scent of a Woman with Al Pacino. In 2010, O'Donnell appeared in the sequel to the 2001 movie Cats & Dogs, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.

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