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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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" 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

You

School

Great

" We are in this amazing age of television where there's an incredible amount and an incredible quality of television, of long-form narrative. "

" 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

School

Performance

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

" I don't believe in saying no. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Saying

Believe

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

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Defense

Interesting

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world? "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

Want

Interesting

" 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.' "

" If someone can make money from you, you can do more things, and eventually, you can do things you come up with. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Someone

Things

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

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

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

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Artist

Darkness

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've been around the block. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "