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" Even when I'm reading a script where I'm supposed to be looking at the lead role, I'll find myself gravitating toward some small weirdo in a few scenes instead. I'm very instinctive like that and I love the challenge of not having a lot of time to create someone who feels real. "

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" I used to write stories and poetry, but for some reason I have it in my head that if I'm going to write, I have to write a script. "

Melanie Lynskey

Stories

Going

Poetry

" I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.' "

" I'll audition for something and then the feedback has been, 'The director wants you, the creative people want you, but the studio is saying no.' It's depressing, but I understand. People are investing a lot of money and they want somewhat of a guarantee; they want someone who's been on the cover of magazines. "

" 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

Okay

I Can

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

" I don't know, I love it when I see movies with people who are not super familiar to me or people who I've seen in smaller parts who are suddenly getting a chance to do something bigger. For me that's very exciting. "

Melanie Lynskey

Love

Chance

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

" For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6. "

" 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. "

" 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

Fault

People

" 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

Drama

Acting

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

" I've done a gazillion readings that have gone on to be movies that are made without me. "

Melanie Lynskey

Made

Without

" I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it. "

" There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family. "

" 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

Woman

Know

" I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested. "

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

" I love festivals because I feel like I'm more of a movie fan than a person who's in the film industry. "

" I was a very independent teenager. "

" I guess I've never really had a great desire to be a leading lady, or be seen as an ingenue. "

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

" 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

Easy

Beautiful

" I guess I have a strong constitution. "

" Usually when I am in a movie that is about to come out, if people don't love it, that is fine - I can handle it. "

" I like to play the grey areas in life - that's the most uncomfortable place to be. Nobody likes to be in that in-between state where there don't know what's going to happen. There's a lot of tension in that, and a lot of stuff to play with - where it's uncomfortable and awkward and sad and scary. "

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

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

Melanie Lynskey

Feel

Character

" I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all. "

" 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! "