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" 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

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

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

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" 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. "

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" I'm a hypervisual person. "

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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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" We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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" I've been around the block. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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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.' "

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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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