I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

- Melanie Lynskey

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

- Melanie Lynskey

I was a very independent teenager.

- Melanie Lynskey

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who f…

- Melanie Lynskey

I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.'

- Melanie Lynskey

I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script.

- Melanie Lynskey

I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

- Melanie Lynskey

For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6.

- Melanie Lynskey

Even though it's still, annoyingly, something everybody feels the need to bring up to anybody who doesn't look like a model, there are more women now…

- Melanie Lynskey