Melissa Leo Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
-
I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.
-
I don't walk into the lab in the morning thinking, 'I am a woman, and I will carry out an experiment that will conquer the world.' I am a scientist, not male or female. A scientist.
-
Acting is such a crazy industry, but kite boarding keeps me grounded.
-
It took me way beyond what I knew, into places of which I was totally scared, but as I became less frightened, I welcomed new ways of thinking and approaching something. It made me an infinitely richer person, and I think a better musician.
-
I got out of grad school in 2000. I was about 26 years old. I've always said that I was late to acting because I didn't really start doing it in a focused way until I was in my early 20s.
-
The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as this or as that. The very thought of thinking will end in bondage.
-
If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets.
-
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself.
-
Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
-
I don't know if people are born with a worldview or if their thinking is a product of their environment.
-
So much of movie acting is in the lighting. And in loving your characters. I try to know them, and with that intimacy comes love. And now, I love Voldemort.
-
I don't think people spend nearly enough time thinking about what they like and what they're good at.
-
Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
-
Our Revolution emerged where it was least expected by the empire, in a hemisphere where it was used to acting like an all-powerful master.
-
I love acting and I have a need to do it, even when the business is down.
-
You're more inclined to be cynical about your own country, and you romanticize it from the outside. And why not? It's much more interesting than thinking, 'Oh, everyone's struggling and normal.'
-
Ornette Coleman is a real musician. He takes all of the things he's thinking about in the world - which is a whole universe upon universe - and translates this into music.
-
I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for every single day.
-
The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.
-
The thing itself photographed becomes less interesting when you go back to it years later but I think the photograph becomes more important later when the reality has passed.
-
I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.
-
Drama school was the first place I learned that looks can affect your career. It was very horrible at the time. I had a lot of very bad experiences at drama school because of that, from the teachers and the students. In the end, I think it was good for me because it hardened me to the realities of the business early on.
-
I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.
