I do wish everyone would call me Leo. It’s not that I don’t like Melissa. But the more I hear it called out, the worse it sounds. Melissa Leo Read Quote
If I’m going to get an ice cream cone two or three times a week, then it’s a pleasure. No guilt. Melissa Leo Read Quote
I can nap with hustle and bustle around me; I can nap quietly all by myself. It’s something I’ve always been good at. Melissa Leo Read Quote
I know what it meant to me to play the Reverend Mother, a role I’ve, in some ways, prepared a lifetime to do. It’s why I took the part. Melissa Leo Read Quote
I’m not a particularly ambitious actress. I love to go and do my work, head down in the dirt, and be the character. Melissa Leo Read Quote
Docudrama is not really my game, but it’s interesting to play real people; it’s interesting to play ‘real.’ Melissa Leo Read Quote
I am a smoker, I’m ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It’s a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke. Melissa Leo Read Quote
Hire me for the next picture. I don’t have to just play down-and-out trailer trash and mean, old, wicked, old nuns. I could play a princess or a queen. That’s all I wanted to do. Because campaigning does go on. It’s a part of selling the film. Melissa Leo Read Quote