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Melanie Lynskey

Melanie Jayne Lynskey (born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress. She rose to prominence for her portrayal of Pauline Parker in Heavenly Creatures (1994), which was followed by supporting roles in Ever After (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), and Shattered Glass (2003). Subsequent film parts include Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Away We Go, Up in the Air, The Informant! (all 2009), Win Win (2011), and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). In 2012, Lynskey transitioned into leading roles with the film Hello I Must Be Going (2012), followed by Happy Christmas (2014), The Intervention (2016), and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017).

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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.

Feels, Grateful, Mean, Samantha, See, Thank You

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.

Poetry, Scripts, Stories, Used, Write, Writing

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.

Acting, Drama, Like, Place, Study, University

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.

Home, Macon, Rhythm, Think, Thinking, World

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

Able, Definitely, Depressed, Life, Times

New Zealanders can be a little hostile.

Hostile, Littles, Zealanders

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

Desire, Ingenue, Lady, Leading, Leading Ladies, Seen

I was a very independent teenager.

Independent, Teenager

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

Doe, Everybody, Girl, Girls, Know, Knows

I've had a lot of struggles with depression. It's very easy for me to go to a bleak place, or for me to doubt humanity, myself, the world, my choices.

Choices, Doubt, Easy, Humanity, Struggle

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

Kid, Kids, Self, Self Esteem

I talked with [ Blair Macon] a lot. I always like to come up with it - sometimes the filmmaker is not into it at all.

Blair, Come, Come Up, Filmmaker, Sometimes

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.

Annoyingly, Different, Feels, Men, Progress, Successful

I felt like the script [of "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore"] was so clear. It was sort of packed full of information. [Macon Blair] puts in a lot of discussion in the script. Characters are introduced very thoughtfully. The way he described walking into particular environments was very specific.

Home, Character, World, Introduced, Full, Sort

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.

Audition, Auditions, Cry, Cue, Okay, People

It's always nice for me to get to explore somebody who's feeling that and then does something with it and takes it in a different direction or does something with it. It feels very powerful. It helps me with my own.

Different, Feelings, Nice, Powerful, Somebody

Some scripts are pretty sparse.

Pretty, Scripts, Sparse

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

Impressed, People, Way, Zealand

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.

Keep, Love, Lucky, Past, Things, Trying

I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.

Faces, Feels, Movies, Perfect

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