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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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist. "

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" There are lots of rats. It's a dirty little secret at the Delacorte Theatre. "

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" I just love the idea of doing an all-female play on Broadway. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" In some ways, I missed my era because I'm big and messy and have big feelings and take up space on a stage rather than being diminutive and childlike in my woman-ness. "

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" I'm dying for people to let me be funny! "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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! "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I don't believe in saying no. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" There comes a point in any project where you have to say - whether you like or understand the character, or the whole play for that matter - 'I believe!' "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I don't look presidential. I don't wear, you know, three-piece suits and have my hair perfectly coiffed. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I've been around the block. "

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" When I finished high school, I didn't have much direction - I was a Deadhead kid who ended up bumming around London seeing a lot of theater. That's where I saw the performance that made me want to act: Vanessa Redgrave doing 'A Touch of the Poet.' "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I went to an art school in high school and got in a little trouble like you do when you're a teenager and not being closely supervised. I did. I followed the Dead around, and it was fun. It was great. It was kind and sweet and lovely. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I was in several Shakespeare in the Park productions in my younger years, but I've been busy with other things for a while. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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

" I was a spooky kid; that was just my nature. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" Whenever I approach any character, I try to find examples to draw upon. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I think every actor has those performances they've seen, the person who made them realize that's what they wanted to do. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" We are in this amazing age of television where there's an incredible amount and an incredible quality of television, of long-form narrative. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" When I work onstage, I want to play roles that have real, deep theatricality, that aren't the sort you would easily see on television and in the movies. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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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