Melanie Lynskey Quotes

Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.

Well, acting has been a dream of mine since I can remember; being in the movies and acting, having those experiences.

I was new to acting before my role in 'Madrasapattinam.'

When I first took up an acting assignment, I knew nothing about the industry or the responsibilities attached to the profession. I just went, played my part and that was that.

I don't know if I'm going to do any more acting. It's a great job, you know? Make a movie? Why not?

I've always loved acting with adults versus like the whole High School feel.

But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.

I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.

I love acting, every job is a dream job when you're an actor. I'd like to do eventually more film work and to collaborate with the best actors and directors in film.

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

Working in front of the camera keeps me alive. I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act.

There's a whole catalogue of actors that never went to acting school.

Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone that actually writes an acting role, it's rare.

It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.

I thought I would be a dramatic actor - everyone starts that way.

That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

I did a lot of student acting when I was young.

In the beginning, it was quite challenging because I had zero acting experience, and delivering dialogues was the most difficult thing for me to do. But after I began to act, I grew as an artiste.

I grew up on sets so I've always felt like that I wanted to be a part of the acting world.

Working with a full Hollywood team has been an awesome learning experience, and I definitely want to pursue acting more.

I learnt a lot as a child actor. Since I had been before the camera, I knew how it would be to be on a set or on a shoot. That way it was easy for me when I re-entered the industry as the main lead.

I am an accidental actor.