Chris O'Donnell Quotes

• Because I’m married and have kids, I feel like I sometimes get pegged as a choirboy or something, but I wouldn’t exactly describe myself that way.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Sometimes, Describe

• I don’t get surprised very often to be honest. I’m the kind of person who you couldn’t throw a surprise party for because I’d figure it out.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Person, Honest, Surprise

• I would be in Italy working on a film, longing for something simple – like, God, I would just kill to be sitting at a barbecue having a beer right now.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in God

  Tags in Simple, Working

• 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. It’s like, ‘Wait a second – what happened here?’ It was a real learning experience. I’ve paid my dues, I will tell you that.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Business, Experience

  Tags in Real, Decided

• I have my own worries and concerns and frustrations, but I’m doing something I love to do. My wife and kids are in good shape. What is there not to be happy about?

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Happy, Frustration

• I think it’s easiest to teach by example. My dad didn’t tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings – like a short fuse – but I’ve learned you can’t come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Example, Easiest

• I knew when I got into this business I couldn’t have it both ways: I could live the playboy lifestyle, which is not a bad thing to do, or have a traditional family life, which is how I grew up. And that was more important to me.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Important, Traditional

• The only time it got really crazy was during ‘Batman.’ Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn’t have gotten married.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Crazy, Career, Different

• It’s the most amazing feeling to hold your child in your arms.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Feeling, Amazing

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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