I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable. 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 crazypeoplethinking I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect. Melanie Lynskey perfectfacesfeels I guess I have a strong constitution. Melanie Lynskey constitutionstrong I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue. Melanie Lynskey leading-ladiesdesire I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in. Melanie Lynskey lawmothertwo There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family. Melanie Lynskey my-familykinddream If I could be working every day, I would be. Melanie Lynskey if-i-couldifswould-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 tiredthe-end-of-the-dayactors New Zealanders can be a little hostile. Melanie Lynskey hostilelittles 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 differentactingwould-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 catharsisactinginteresting 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 progresssuccessfulmen 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 helpingtryingthinking 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 crazypeoplethinking 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 luckytryingpast 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 tragedymindpeople 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 mountainactingthinking 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 homeworldthinking 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 homeworldthinking
