--- title: "1 Director Captain Quotes By Melissa Leo" description: "1 Director Captain quotes by Melissa Leo. Plus more from Melissa Leo and more Director Captain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/melissa-leo-9231_captain_the-director-is-the-captain-of-the-ship_559868.jpg" --- > [The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, "I don't know. Maybe we'll do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/the-director-is-the-captain-of-the-ship-without-question-no-matter/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/melissa-leo-9231_captain_the-director-is-the-captain-of-the-ship_559868.jpg) ## More by Melissa Leo > [My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/my-mom-was-a-70s-mom-she-paved-a-road-that-no-one-had-yet-walked/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I love acting. I really do. I think that's maybe the one thing that is known about me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-love-acting-i-really-do-i-think-that-s-maybe-the-one-thing-that-is/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [You have to let the costume inform you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/you-have-to-let-the-costume-inform-you/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/that-s-what-acting-is-you-re-not-alone-it-s-reacting-that-s-what-we-do/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I'm interested in what the fans think, in what would make them feel connected to the Wayward Pines they had grown to love. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-m-interested-in-what-the-fans-think-in-what-would-make-them-feel/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I always wanted to play a nun, and to play the Reverend Mother was a thrill of a lifetime for me. But, generations back,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-always-wanted-to-play-a-nun-and-to-play-the-reverend-mother-was-a/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I know that one of my difficulties as an actor is to try to do too much, from all those years ago when my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-know-that-one-of-my-difficulties-as-an-actor-is-to-try-to-do-too/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-m-a-very-lucky-girl-who-gets-to-act-for-a-living-so-why-sit-around/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/well-i-don-t-think-of-myself-as-a-feminist-at-all-as-soon-as-we-start/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/there-were-not-enough-women-like-kay-on-tv-and-now-there-are-none/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-think-this-notion-of-acting-and-glamour-is-getting-in-everybody-s/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > ["I'm going to show you I haven't given you permission because clearly you're not grown up enough to understand that, not having given you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-m-going-to-show-you-i-haven-t-given-you-permission-because-clearly/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/why-do-we-have-to-pretend-we-re-not-in-the-sales-game-i-didn-t-sign/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [I got none. I mean, I have no religion. I like the quote unquote 'Virgin Mary,' but no Catholicism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-got-none-i-mean-i-have-no-religion-i-like-the-quote-unquote-virgin/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) > [The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/the-director-is-the-captain-of-the-ship-without-question-no-matter/) [Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/director-captain/melissa-leo/#itemlist", "name": "1 Director Captain Quotes By Melissa Leo", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, \"I don't know. Maybe we'll do this. 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