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" If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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" I ended up landing in London out of high school, and I saw a performance that Vanessa Redgrave gave, just because it was a cheap ticket, and I didn't know what to do with my afternoon, and I went in, and I saw this Eugene O'Neill play, and I sat in the fifth row, and I watched her. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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" 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

" 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

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

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" I'm a hypervisual person. "

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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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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

" 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

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

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" I was in several Shakespeare in the Park productions in my younger years, but I've been busy with other things for a while. "

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