Melissa Leo Quotes
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I had an agent in Salt Lake City, but acting was more like a hobby.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.
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When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
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Acting isn't a singular profession, it is a collaborate profession.
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I really started dreaming... and broke out of my shyness when I got to Howard University. My first acting class was an Intro to Acting class with Professor Bay, who really broke me out of my shell, encouraged me to follow my dreams and make them a reality.
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I've worked with some actors who have such thick skins and think they are so extraordinary. I'll think, 'Have you stopped learning?' They stop listening to directors or other actors and do the same thing again and again.
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A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
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I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
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There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.
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One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.
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Well, my brother started acting before I did.
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Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.
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I make all my decisions by listening to my instinct and then keeping my fingers crossed it will lead to a good place.
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I do remember going shopping with my mother; I think the name of the store was Ruth Atkins. I don't know why I can remember that. It's probably because it's not the name.
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I got my first guitar in October of 1968. I'm self-taught.
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The key to acting has much more to do with listening than with talking.
