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Melissa Leo

(1960) Actor United States

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Melissa Leo is an actor from the United States, best known for Furlough.

Quick Facts About Melissa Leo

Born: September 14, 1960
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Furlough

About Melissa Leo

Melissa Chessington Leo is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Actor Award, and two Critics' Choice Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Quotes by Melissa Leo

My mom was a '70s mom. She paved a road that no one had yet walked.

Had

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I love acting. I really do. I think that's maybe the one thing that is known about me.

Acting

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You have to let the costume inform you.

Costume

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That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do.

Acting

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I'm interested in what the fans think, in what would make them feel connected to the Wayward Pines they had grown to…

Fans

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I always wanted to play a nun, and to play the Reverend Mother was a thrill of a lifetime for me. But,…

Adventure

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I know that one of my difficulties as an actor is to try to do too much, from all those years ago…

Acting

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I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not…

About

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Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others,…

Down

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There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.

Enough

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I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.

Acting

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"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…

Enough

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Why do we have to pretend we're not in the sales game? I didn't sign on to be a salesman. I signed…

Actor

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I got none. I mean, I have no religion. I like the quote unquote 'Virgin Mary,' but no Catholicism.

Catholicism

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The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the…

Captains

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If I'm going to get an ice cream cone two or three times a week, then it's a pleasure. No guilt.

Guilt

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I think I understand the line between my job and the director's. I have no interest in directing. Not my movie, not…

Cinema

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It becomes more and more popular to call actors who play characters "character actors." But I've always been somebody who is much…

Character

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Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support.

Actor

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Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.

Acting

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I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's…

Acting

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An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is…

Acting

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My body has done for me all these years things I couldn't ever even dreamt to do for characters. It's a tool,…

Body

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I was really not familiar at all with Edward Snowden. I like to get that right out of the way and really…

Familiar

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An actor's life is fairly lonely.

Actor

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Melissa Leo by topic

Theatre (15) Acting (11) Thinking (10) People (8)