69 Quotes by Melissa Leo

I live in the country, and I live a fairly natural, holistic life. Sometimes I get put up in hotels where they use chemical sprays to clean things, or there are chemicals used that I stay away from.

I can nap with hustle and bustle around me; I can nap quietly all by myself. It's something I've always been good at.

An actor's life is fairly lonely.

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.

I got none. I mean, I have no religion. I like the quote unquote 'Virgin Mary,' but no Catholicism.

That's what acting is. You're not alone. It's reacting. That's what we do.

You ask me a question. I have a blank mind. You ask me a question, and the question is informed, and you're interested, and now my mind starts popping. That's what conversation is. That's what communicating is.

I am that lucky woman who has been living my life all my life. Anything can happen now. Anything. And it will be only whip cream and delightful things. Even in the conflict and the hardship.

Acting, it's hit or miss. Make them laugh, make them cry; hopefully they have a little entertainment.