Quotes by Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey

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.

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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 who are super successful and have different body types. You know, like men do. That feels like progress to me.

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For “The Intervention” I came up with a back-story and Clea [Duvall] was like, “No.” And I was like, “I don’t care.”

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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.

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Honestly, I think if I had to stop acting I’d be like, ‘Well, I guess I have to go live in the mountains now.’ I’d probably be a good assistant.

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I always like [while filming] to have a sense of what led this person to this point.

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

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I don’t think I’ve played a lot of crazy people. If ever I had a choice between two movies, I’d try to do whatever was the opposite of what I did last time.

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I feel like a character actress – it’s where I’m comfortable.

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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?”

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Quotes by Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Lynskey

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.

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 who are super successful and have different body types. You know, like men do. That feels like progress to me.

For “The Intervention” I came up with a back-story and Clea [Duvall] was like, “No.” And I was like, “I don’t care.”

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.

Honestly, I think if I had to stop acting I’d be like, ‘Well, I guess I have to go live in the mountains now.’ I’d probably be a good assistant.

I always like [while filming] to have a sense of what led this person to this point.

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

I don’t think I’ve played a lot of crazy people. If ever I had a choice between two movies, I’d try to do whatever was the opposite of what I did last time.

I feel like a character actress – it’s where I’m comfortable.

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