I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.

- 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 t…

- Melissa Leo

I don't tend to use technology all that much. Of course, I can't avoid it - it's called the telephone nowadays. And I do a certain amount of email, w…

- Melissa Leo

It's not exactly an interview that's going on [in documentary]. I guess we do ask Edward Snowden some questions and we're recording him answering the…

- Melissa Leo

The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the c…

- Melissa Leo

I have been known for almost 30 years to sort of do whatever comes my way. It's always been touch-and-go after each job finishes. I just like to be w…

- Melissa Leo

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

- Melissa Leo

You have this certain about of responsibility to play a fictitious character and you have a script that's guiding you and the other information of th…

- Melissa Leo

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.

- Melissa Leo