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title: "2 Like Director Quotes By Melissa Leo"
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> [I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-m-very-old-school-i-like-a-director-to-direct-me-i-like-to-be-the/)

[Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/melissa-leo-9231_actor_i-m-very-old-school-i-like-a-director-to_1909993.jpg)

> [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 hybrid writer-director, or actor-director. Writers, directors, actors are all such very different people. I think it's unusual that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-leo/i-m-very-old-school-i-like-a-director-to-direct-me-i-like-to-be-the-2/)

[Melissa Leo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-leo/)

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## 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/)

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