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" I had accidentally gotten a laugh on a line in a play I was in during high school. I got hooked, but I had no idea I would ever be able to support myself by acting. I knew no one in the business. I was from the Midwest. No one within a radius of a thousand miles was doing anything like that. "

Laurie Metcalf

Support

School

Myself

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" My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get. "

" I wasn't turning down film roles, let's put it that way. I was never really on that radar. "

" I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there. "

" I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while. "

" I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character. "

" I like to let the work speak rather than to have to talk about it. "

" I gravitated back to theatre again, and when I heard about this little independent movie called 'Lady Bird,' I thought, 'This will be a project where I can dip my toe back into the water.' "

" I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director. "

" I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say. "

" I can't even call it work. I'm a creative-a-holic. I love the tearing into new material. "

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Today

" You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV. "

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Front

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" Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play. "

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