58 Quotes by Melanie Lynskey

If I could be working every day, I would be.

I've done a gazillion readings that have gone on to be movies that are made without me.

I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.

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.

I was a very independent teenager.

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

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.

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

People in New Zealand go out of their way to not be impressed by things.