Melanie Lynskey Quotes

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• I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You…
• For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a…
• I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people.
• I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.
• I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.
• I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.
• I guess I have a strong constitution.
• I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue.
• I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.
• I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry.
• I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.
• I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.
• I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.
• I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have…
• I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.
• I was a very independent teenager.
• I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place.…
• I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see…
• I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.
• I've done a gazillion readings that have gone on to be movies that are made without me.

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