I think the funny thing about acting for me - and I hold it in a very holy, … - Melissa Leo

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The embrace of a new technology by ordinary people leads inevitably to its embrace by people of malign intent.

Melissa Leo

I think the funny thing about acting for me - and I hold it in a very holy, spiritual way - not to be overly fundamentalist about it, but it's that important to me - is that it is an ancient healing art.

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That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.

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Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

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The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is.

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As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.

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I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way.

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