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

Elizabeth Marvel

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" 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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" 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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" I'm a hypervisual person. "

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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 know all my tricks, and I'm pretty bored with them, so if that's all someone wants, I'd rather wait for TV money and not work so hard. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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. "

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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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" 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.' "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I've been around the block. "

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

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

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

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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

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

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 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel