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Melissa Leo

(1960) Actor United States

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Melissa Leo is an actor from the United States, best known for Furlough.

Quick Facts About Melissa Leo

Born: September 14, 1960
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Furlough

About Melissa Leo

Melissa Chessington Leo is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Actor Award, and two Critics' Choice Awards.

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Quotes by Melissa Leo

An actor's life is fairly lonely.

Actor

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You have to let the costume inform you.

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People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

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I rarely know too much about anything I'm getting involved in.

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The climate informs the character.

Character

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

Acting

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That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do.

Acting

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Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

Acting

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

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I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor.

Actor

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I love acting. I really do. I think that's maybe the one thing that is known about me.

Acting

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Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support.

Actor

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Docudrama is not really my game, but it's interesting to play real people; it's interesting to play 'real.'

Game

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I live in the country, and I live a fairly natural, holistic life. Sometimes I get put up in hotels where they…

Country

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I do get a fair amount of scripts; I got 'Frozen River' kinda just that way. I have a hard time turning…

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I don't tend to use technology all that much. Of course, I can't avoid it - it's called the telephone nowadays. And…

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You know, when I got started on television in the '80s, you would go to the costume department, and if you were…

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There is a wealth of knowledge to be understood from others' work, don't get me wrong, and when I do stumble upon…

Knowledge

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Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am…

Actor

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Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others,…

Categorizing

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I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if…

Buddies

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I definitely consider myself a Method actor, because of my training. I might dispute what people consider a Method actor to be.…

Actor

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I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's…

Acting

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I'm very, very serious about what I do. I think there are a lot of people out there sort of thinking it's…

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The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the…

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I think there has only been one time in my entire career that I've ever gone back to shoot a scene. And…

Actor

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An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is…

Acting

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I know that one of my difficulties as an actor is to try to do too much, from all those years ago…

Acting

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I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor. I'm not particularly fond of the…

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One time, many, many years ago, I had the opportunity to dye my hair brunette for a film. And the day I…

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I'm not a particularly ambitious actress. I love to go and do my work, head down in the dirt, and be the…

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Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

Actor

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Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed…

Actor

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

Acting

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I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.

Acting

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There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.

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'Wayward Pines' has largely been, in my experience, a show left to the actors.

Actors

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Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

Acting

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Wayward Pines, I tell you, is a strange place, and the entry is always the hardest part. I was just going along…

Along for the ride

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I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director.

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