Melissa Leo Quotes

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.

Melissa Leo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 14, 1960

Topics

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For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.

Jessica Lange

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In my experience, if people don't have a sense of humor, they are usually not very good scientists, either.

Andre Geim

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I love Chicago, but in a lot of ways it's a disappointment. You can work there for years and years, and because you're in Chicago, you don't get the recognition. It has some of the best theater in the country, but when they shoot a movie there, they bring in all their actors.

John Malkovich

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Out of all artists, authors are the least trained for the spotlight. Wanting attention isn't a requisite part of the package.

Sloane Crosley

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I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overnight.

Robbie Coltrane

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The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

Christopher Lasch

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The new idea for me now is creativity. I like to express myself.

Christina Milian

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Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.

Constance Wu

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I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.

Brian Jacques

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Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well.

Bruce Rauner

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Let's stop playing with ourselves and get on with the entertainment, shall we?

April Winchell

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American women are so fortunate. When I got married, all I wanted in the world was a dryer so I didn't have to hang up my diapers. And now women have paper diapers and all sorts of conveniences in the home. And it is the man and the technology that has made the home such a pleasant place for women to be.

Phyllis Schlafly

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