I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke. An actor has… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is a cigarette. There's so much to do with it: you can bring it up to your face, play… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I love acting. I really do. I think that's maybe the one thing that is known about me. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I always wanted to play a nun, and to play the Reverend Mother was a thrill of a lifetime for me. But, generations back,… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I know that one of my difficulties as an actor is to try to do too much, from all those years ago when my… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
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. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
"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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I got none. I mean, I have no religion. I like the quote unquote 'Virgin Mary,' but no Catholicism. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
