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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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Brennan Manning

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

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Brennan Manning

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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Brennan Manning

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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Brennan Manning

"Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well."

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Brennan Manning

"My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful."

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Brennan Manning

"Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone."

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Brennan Manning

"Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again."

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Brennan Manning

"One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor."

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Brennan Manning

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

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Brennan Manning

"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."

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

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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
"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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Melissa Leo
"The climate informs the character."

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