Melissa Leo famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.
-- Melissa Leo

#Believe #Secret #Acting
The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the captain. If they come in going, "I don't know. Maybe we'll do this. Maybe we'll do that," you've got 10 days to shoot and they don't care what you're doing.
-- Melissa Leo

#Eye #Levels #Care
Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.
-- Melissa Leo

#Acting
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 with the smoke. It's just the greatest - ever since I was 16 and in acting school in England, I've been playing around with cigarettes.
-- Melissa Leo

#School #Play #Acting
The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.
-- Melissa Leo

#Keys #Talking #Listening
The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.
-- Melissa Leo

#Powerful #Television
I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing.
-- Melissa Leo

#Rocks #Climbing #Weather
The climate informs the character.
-- Melissa Leo

#Character #Climate
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.
-- Melissa Leo

#Struggle #Years #Habit
Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.
-- Melissa Leo

#Actors #Recess #Playgrounds
I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.
-- Melissa Leo

#Thinking #Acting #Way

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