Melissa Leo On Becoming A Nun, Acting Opposite Puppets & That Bleeped Oscar Speech – The Actor’s Side

Melissa Leo won a supporting actress Oscar for David O. Russell’s 2010 feature The Fighter and a whole slew of other top awards in her career including Emmys and Golden Globes. In the latest edition of my video series The Actor’s Side, the New York/Vermont-raised actress talks about getting bleeped during her Oscar acceptance speech, starting out in acting by working opposite giant puppets, what makes a good director, and why it’s not such a bad thing to be on a soap…

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Melissa Leo On Becoming A Nun, Acting Opposite Puppets & That Bleeped Oscar Speech – The Actor’s Side

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