I know that one of my difficulties as an actor is to try to do too much, from all those years ago… — 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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
It becomes more and more popular to call actors who play characters "character actors." But I've always been somebody who is much… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support. — 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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
As actors, emotion is the sand in the sandbox for us. Without emotion, there's nothing to play - and we are playing.… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I'm very old-school. I like a director to direct me. I like to be the actor. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
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… — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess. — Melissa Leo Copy Share Image
Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that I am… — 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
