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" By nature, my default place is a very introverted one, so it's funny to be in such an extroverted profession. I'm a little inappropriately in it. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Place
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Little
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" Every time I do a play, I'm like, 'When do I get to do the one where I wear a gown, sit in a chair, and say funny things?' I'd love to do that. "
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" OK, so I'm a working mom that also gets to kiss George Clooney. That's a little bit of a perk of the job. "
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" I get to play a lot of powerful, smartest women in the room. And that's deeply satisfying. "
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" I never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist. "
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" I see a lot of art; we see a lot of music, films at Sundance... that influences me and informs me more than theater just because I make a bigger effort to see other art forms. "
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" I will happily work anywhere they need me to if they pay me well. "
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Well
" I'm dying for people to let me be funny! "
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" You talk through what exactly happened to Howard Dean on the campaign trail, what Bill Clinton must have lived through, what the daily grind of doing what these people have to do. And they can never lose their temper, they can never be tired, and they can never slip up, or it's on-camera, and it's everywhere - and it's over. "
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You
Tired
" The first play I ever did was with Michael Langham, Brian Bedford, and Colm Feore, at Stratford Festival. That was my first professional job, and I got to work with Garland Wright and so many great artists. "
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Work
Great
" I have to say, it seems to be the older I get, the better the work gets. When has that been true? "
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Older
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" You know, the '80s, as crazy as the '80s were, that was a surprisingly kind and generous environment that I found myself in as a teenager. "
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" I think being a mom changed me, and now it's not just about what I want to do and what's sort of interesting, but what I absolutely have to do. "
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Me
Interesting
" I've been around the block. "
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Block
Around
Been
" I love seeing people in their mess. I find that heartwarming. Charm just doesn't interest me. If I want to see charming people, I can watch TV. "
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Love
Me
" I'm a hypervisual person. "
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Person
" I don't believe in saying no. "
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Believe
" When I was nursing my son, you're up all the time during the first year, and you're sort of brain dead. So I'd find myself watching Turner Classic Movies at odd hours. "
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Brain
Movies
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" You always hear about the disempowered actor, their fate in other people's hands. It's just really wonderful to experience it the other way around. "
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Experience
You
People
" Tim Burton is an artist who has had a huge influence on me. I definitely share his sensibility. It's a joyful approach to darkness. "
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Artist
Darkness
" I see artists as the first responders. And when the proverbial crap hits the fan, we are there to be of service, to tell the story, to bring a balm, to soothe, to provide catharsis. You know, not to make our work any more important or less important, but just that there is a great importance to it. "
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Great
Story
Work
" There are lots of rats. It's a dirty little secret at the Delacorte Theatre. "
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Rats
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" Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world? "
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Who
World
Want
" How do you stand tall and strong as a woman while trying to be the smartest woman in the room and try to remain non-threatening? "
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" It's all really nice to have my pretend Secret Service people paying me respect, but the moment I walk in the door, it's back to being 'Mom.' "
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" As an actress, you have to be very naive. "
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Naive
" If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that. "
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" We are in this amazing age of television where there's an incredible amount and an incredible quality of television, of long-form narrative. "
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" I think every actor has those performances they've seen, the person who made them realize that's what they wanted to do. "
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" Trying to find a way to represent something that is truly frightening on stage is a fascinating challenge. "
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" I've been told I'm bright. But when I act, I get incredibly stupid. I feel my intellect slowing down. I feel it happening physically. And that's not negative in acting! "
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