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

Elizabeth Marvel

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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 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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" 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 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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" 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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" 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. "

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

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

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

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'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

" 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

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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

" 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 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

" 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 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

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

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

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" I don't believe in saying no. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" I've been around the block. "

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. "

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