Quotes by Melanie Lynskey

About Melanie Lynskey:

Melanie Jayne Lynskey is a New Zealand actress, known for playing Rose on Two and a Half Men, Michelle Pierson on Togetherness, as well as roles in the films Heavenly Creatures (1994), Up in the Air (2009), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).
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I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

Melanie Lynskey

I was a very independent teenager.

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I guess I have a strong constitution.

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The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

Melanie Lynskey

I'm not one of those people who can cry on cue. If I have to cry in an audition, I'm like, 'Okay, let me see what I can do.'

Melanie Lynskey

I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

Melanie Lynskey

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

Melanie Lynskey

I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.'

Melanie Lynskey

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

Melanie Lynskey

I know my mother-in-law would drive two hours to go see a movie that I'm in.

Melanie Lynskey

People in New Zealand go out of their way to not be impressed by things.

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I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.

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I don't think I've played a lot of crazy people.

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealanders can be a little hostile.

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If I could be working every day, I would be.

Melanie Lynskey

I know a lot of actors have all these expectations and believe that one thing should lead to another thing, and that's probably the right way to build a career. I don't know what's wrong with me - I just don't think like that!

Melanie Lynskey

I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that.

Melanie Lynskey

If a movie is received badly, and I'm in only one scene of it, I still feel responsible. I feel like it was my fault at all times. If people were like, 'This movie sucks!' I'd be like, 'Well, that's because I'm terrible.'

Melanie Lynskey

To take a job just so I can go on a fancy vacation doesn't really seem worth it.

Melanie Lynskey

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.

Melanie Lynskey

Author Bio

  • NameMelanie Lynskey
  • DescriptionNew Zealand actress
  • BornMay 16, 1977
  • CountryNew Zealand
  • ProfessionActor