Melissa Leo Quotes

I really love to act; I love everything about it. I've never had this addiction to being known. I mean, sure, if you go into acting, there's part of you that is saying, 'I want attention' but I was brought up to work to deserve attention, and it is the work, not the trappings that are important.

I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me.

I just want to act. I just want to do the work.

My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.

I am just an actor, and this is my job. What I am doing is not extraordinary.

What do I love about acting? I love traveling, meeting new people, exploring and just doing what I love.

I really love doing what I do, being an actor. It's the greatest. You can do it until you die.

I am always excited to be an actor. If I wasn't, I would be acting, and the audience wouldn't watch me.

I've always considered myself an actor first and foremost.

Film and stage are very different; I don't necessarily prefer one over the other. Every few years, I get a big itch to go back to the theater. To learn humility, to learn bravery and to remind yourself that the pistons that drive your craft are working on full power. And to remind yourself how badly paid actors can be.

I don't think of myself as an actress. I still think I'm fannying around in my mum's front room.

I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.

I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.

I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.

I've always been passionate about acting. I haven't been passionate about being famous.

I'm just an actor, that's nothing special.

I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.

It just clicked that it was the next step for me; choreographing didn't interest me, and opening a studio wasn't a passion for me. I didn't know if I'd be very good at acting, but then my first scene in acting class... I just loved it.

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

I have an immense amount of respect for acting. I've always loved movies and was always fascinated by movie-making. But to become an actor, I wanted to commit myself.

With acting, you are a small part of the creative process, and sometimes it is hard to feel like you are making an impact.

I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

I love acting, but it's all just a bonus.

I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously.