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" If I'm asking people to give me two hours of their time, it's because I really feel like they need to listen to what the writer is talking about. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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

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

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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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" 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? "

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

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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. "

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. "

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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

" 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

" 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

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

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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. "

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

" Trying to find a way to represent something that is truly frightening on stage is a fascinating challenge. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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

" 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

" Every time I do a play, I'm like, 'When do I get to do the one where I wear a gown, sit in a chair, and say funny things?' I'd love to do that. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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

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

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've been around the block. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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