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. Melanie Lynskey More Quotes by Melanie Lynskey More Quotes From Melanie Lynskey I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people. Melanie Lynskey crazy people thinking I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable. Melanie Lynskey actresses feels character I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect. Melanie Lynskey perfect faces feels I guess I have a strong constitution. Melanie Lynskey constitution strong I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue. Melanie Lynskey leading-ladies desire I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in. Melanie Lynskey law mother two There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family. Melanie Lynskey my-family kind dream If I could be working every day, I would be. Melanie Lynskey if-i-could ifs would-be It's good to feel tired at the end of the day. It's not often as an actor that you're like, "Oof. Ow. I feel like I've been out working." Melanie Lynskey tired the-end-of-the-day actors New Zealanders can be a little hostile. Melanie Lynskey hostile littles 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 different acting would-be The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working. Melanie Lynskey catharsis acting interesting 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. Melanie Lynskey progress successful men 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 helping trying thinking 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. Melanie Lynskey crazy people thinking Sometimes you just feel so fortunate to be in the company that you're in and you just want to soak it all up. Melanie Lynskey sometimes I feel so lucky to have done so many things that I love in the past few years so I'm just going to keep trying to do them. Melanie Lynskey lucky trying past People have something on their mind. It almost feels [on marches against now-President Donald Trump] like after-tragedy. People seem sort of preoccupied. Melanie Lynskey tragedy mind people There's a rhythm to script [ in "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"], as well, especially the pacing of it. But there definitely were times when I would say something and [ Macon Blair] would say, "I didn't think to deliver it like that" or, "I didn't think it had that meaning." And he'd say, "I like it. I think it's good." So he's open. He's not battering it into you. Melanie Lynskey home world thinking I think there's so many little specific things in the script [of "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"]. And the script was also structured so beautifully that I didn't want to mess with it. Melanie Lynskey home world thinking
