Melissa Leo Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.”

“The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.”

“The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.”

“To get the hippie out of certain characters is probably the most difficult thing for me. I was not a hippie by choice but by birth.”

“Ever since Marilyn Monroe was transformed from one of the prettiest girls you could ever hope to see into an icon, everyone has been trying to repeat that icon. And now the entire industry is filled with, and by and large run by, wannabes.”

“I do get a fair amount of scripts; I got 'Frozen River' kinda just that way. I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me.”

“I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing.”

“My body has done for me all these years things I couldn't ever even dreamt to do for characters. It's a tool, molecularly speaking, and I need to take care of it.”

“Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am an actor. That is my profession. That is my job. That is how I make a living. So I am just out there making a living.”

“You know, when I got started on television in the '80s, you would go to the costume department, and if you were a female they put you into a skirt. And you had a pocketbook, usually a shoulder bag.”