It's good in New Zealand to be humble; it's good to be a quieter person. And then you get to this place where everyone wants you to be brash and conf… - Melanie Lynskey

I very much want to be onscreen representing an interesting person who's not paying attention to what her tummy looks like ... If there were more people [onscreen] who look like me, then I wouldn't have to talk about it as much.

I was picking my luggage up, and I turned around and there she was. She looked like this vision. I said, 'Oh my God, you look like a movie star!' I was so in awe of her. And she had head shots! I'd never seen such a thing. She had these black-and-white photos with her hair blown back. And I said, 'What do you do with them?' And she said, 'Send them to fans.'

I said to [my] agency, I have a real problem being a size six — which is what I was at the time — and playing a chubby friend. I hate that these roles exist. I think it's damaging. It's weird for little girls to watch this movie and be like, 'Oh, she's supposed to be the fat one.'