Melanie Lynskey Quotes

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

  Melanie Lynskey

  Self Esteem, Kids, Self

  "‘Hello I Must Be Going’ Star Melanie Lynskey On Her Bout With Depression After ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and Proving Naysayers Wrong" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. September 05, 2012.

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• I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Girl, Doe, Knows

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• I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Perfect, Faces, Feels

  "The Playlist Profile: Melanie Lynskey Talks Hollywood, ‘Hello I Must Be Going,’ ‘Heavenly Creatures’ & More" by Maris James, www.indiewire.com. September 04, 2012.

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• I feel like any actor should always be thinking about how to serve the story. The thing to be cautious of is trying to make too much of your "moment," or whatever. The story is a lot bigger than you, and you're there to help it along. The thing to think about is whether what you're doing is true to the moment and where the story's going, rather than going, "Here are my scenes. What can I try and do to make the most of them?"

  Melanie Lynskey

  Thinking, Trying, Helping

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Talking, Kind, Accents

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2010.

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

  Melanie Lynskey

  Character, Actresses, Feels

  "Melanie Lynskey: I’m drawn to the weirdos". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. December 11, 2009.

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

  Melanie Lynskey

  People, Way, Impressed

  Interview with Janet Varney on Nerdist's "The JV Club" podcast #16, nerdist.com. June 21, 2012.

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• I've had a lot of struggles with depression. It's very easy for me to go to a bleak place, or for me to doubt humanity, myself, the world, my choices.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Struggle, Choices, Humanity

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• I was a very independent teenager.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Teenager, Independent

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• The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Interesting, Acting, Catharsis

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• 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

  Girl, Size, Kind

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• I want to go and have a real experience and it's just lovely to sit and watch a movie and just be really transported by a story and care about the characters. That's always what I'm looking for.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Real, Character, Lovely

  "EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Lynskey Takes Us Up in the Air". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. March 9, 2010.

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• 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 feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Thank You, Grateful, Mean

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Thinking, Actors, Filmmaker

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• I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Criticism, Film, Reviews

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• Even just reading "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore,"I got a sense of the world and the story [Macon Blair] wanted to tell. And then I had a meeting with him and understood how he likes to work. I really trusted him from the beginning.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Reading, Home, Stories

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Dream, Kind, My Family

  "The Playlist Profile: Melanie Lynskey Talks Hollywood, ‘Hello I Must Be Going,’ ‘Heavenly Creatures’ & More" by Maris James, www.indiewire.com. September 04, 2012.

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• I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Crazy, Thinking, People

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2010.

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• The acting life is different than I thought it would be. I love it - it's actually a lot less pressure than I thought it would be.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Acting, Different, Would Be

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• I'm pretty active, so I wasn't really worried [about filming "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" ]. But there was a day when I was like, "God, I've been rowing for two hours."

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  Home, Two, World

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• New Zealanders can be a little hostile.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Littles, Hostile

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

  Melanie Lynskey

  Would Be, If I Could, Ifs

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

  Melanie Lynskey

  Reading, Gone, Done

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• I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

  Melanie Lynskey

  Able

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• 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.

  Melanie Lynskey

  People, Auditions, Cry

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