I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director. Melissa Leo actordirectorfond Change image and share on social
I mean, the unfair treatment of women and black people and Indians and other groups, that's real. Mistreatment of other people because 'I'm better than you are' is such a sad part of the world. Melissa Leo blackgroupindian Change image and share on social
The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking. Melissa Leo actkeylisten Change image and share on social
Supporting actors are the support. You can't make a building without support. You can't buy dinner without support. Melissa Leo actorbuildbuy Change image and share on social
I'm a very lucky girl who gets to act for a living! So why sit around griping and grousing about what's not there. Melissa Leo actgirlgripe Change image and share on social
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 ashamedhabithorrible Change image and share on social
Well, I don't think of myself as a feminist at all. As soon as we start labeling and categorizing ourselves and others, that's going to shut down the world. Melissa Leo categorizefeministlabeling Change image and share on social
To play someone when the character masks their own emotions, doesn't understand their own emotions, has no release for their own emotions, and yet is full of emotion - that is a much harder character to play than someone who has somewhere to put it. Melissa Leo characteremotionfull share on social
To get the hippie out of certain characters is probably the most difficult thing for me. I was not a hippie by choice but by birth. Melissa Leo birthcharacterchoice Change image and share on social
I think there has only been one time in my entire career that I've ever gone back to shoot a scene. And it was a scene that, when we were shooting it, we knew that it wasn't working. We knew there was a disagreement between the actor and director. So, we went back. Melissa Leo actorbackcareer share on social