I have this sort of weird thing where people know me from one [project] and then think I've never worked again. And they'll say, "Do you ever think a… - Melanie Lynskey

I want to be like Julianne Moore and get to do things that scare me — and keep on doing them until I'm very old.

It's a lot easier to stay under the radar, have people be like, 'You should get more attention, you should have more roles' or whatever. It's weird to have been doing this for 30 years and then all of a sudden [find fame]. I didn't think this would happen. I thought if it was going to happen, it would happen in my 20s. So I'm grateful, and it's really nice to have choices. But it feels vulnerable.

I always wanted to be an actor, but I had this whole plan to go to a good drama school and do it that way. I wasn't trying to get into movies; someone came to my high school and auditioned some girls, so it was a complete accident.