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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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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

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

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I will happily work anywhere they need me to if they pay me well. "

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

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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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" 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'm a hypervisual person. "

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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. "

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

" I get to play a lot of powerful, smartest women in the room. And that's deeply satisfying. "

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

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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'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 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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" 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'm not familiar with an unaccepting family. But in my profession, nothing can be foreign. "

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

" 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

" 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

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

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