"The key to acting has much more to……" — Melissa Leo

"The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking."

— Melissa Leo

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15 Quotes by Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.
I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up…
The climate informs the character.
That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.
I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I…
The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.
Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.
I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.
An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props…
There were not enough women like Kay on TV and now there are none.
People often expect me to be something other than what I am.
Through all of this lovely interviewing, and nice things people say, and the rest of it, I have learned that…

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More Acting Quotes

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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. — Hannah Arendt
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle
Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the… — Victoria Abril
For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a… — Mary Kay Ash
We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation… — Julian Assange
I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling… — Rowan Atkinson
What I enjoy most is travelling to different places and meeting new people. For me, it's all about life experiences,… — Jensen Ackles
You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social… — Amitabh Bachchan
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different… — Kevin Bacon
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game. — Kevin Bacon

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