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Christopher Meloni

De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

Christopher Meloni

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Christopher Meloni admires actors like De Niro and Sean Penn for their intense performances, but he acknowledges that he cannot maintain that same level of emotional intensity. He explains that while such intensity works in movies, television requires a different approach because the constant exposure to difficult material demands self-protection.

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