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" I've been around the block. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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" 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! "

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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

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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

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

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" I have to say, it seems to be the older I get, the better the work gets. When has that been true? "

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

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

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" 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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