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

Elizabeth Marvel

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" As an actress, you have to be very naive. "

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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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" If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that. "

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" Personally, I don't want to do theater that's very stylish, when it's just stories on stage that are basically the same as TV or film. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I ended up landing in London out of high school, and I saw a performance that Vanessa Redgrave gave, just because it was a cheap ticket, and I didn't know what to do with my afternoon, and I went in, and I saw this Eugene O'Neill play, and I sat in the fifth row, and I watched her. "

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" 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

" 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 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. "

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

" If someone can make money from you, you can do more things, and eventually, you can do things you come up with. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I have to say, it seems to be the older I get, the better the work gets. When has that been true? "

Elizabeth Marvel

" It's really interesting because I'm a Quaker... so it's been radical to me to be hired by the Department of Defense under contract. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" I don't believe in saying no. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world? "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" I've been around the block. "

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

" The audience has its own gestalt, and it becomes another character - a character that changes each night. "

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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" I think there is a certain gravitas about me. My energy can be very big and yet contained. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" My God, I have so much bounty in my life. "

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

" 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

" 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? "

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