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Melissa Leo

"Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess."

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"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."

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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

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"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that."

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"It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom."

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"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

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"And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor."

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"Yes, it is a rehearsed show, yes, it was analogy of going to see a play at the theatre, where everything has to be in place and whole things, everything being works, all works together to get the best effect you know it's more like an actor learning a part."

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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

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"The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow."

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"The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago."

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Melissa Leo
"Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess."

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Melissa Leo
"The climate informs the character."

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Melissa Leo
"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."

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

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Melissa Leo
"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."

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

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

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Melissa Leo
"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."

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