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" My God, I have so much bounty in my life. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Much
My Life
Bounty
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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 just love the idea of doing an all-female play on Broadway. "
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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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" 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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" I think there is a certain gravitas about me. My energy can be very big and yet contained. "
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Think
Me
" I've been around the block. "
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Block
Around
Been
" There are lots of rats. It's a dirty little secret at the Delacorte Theatre. "
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Rats
Theatre
Secret
" 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!' "
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Believe
Character
Like
" 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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Same
Film
Just
" 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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Been
Years
Busy
" As an actress, you have to be very naive. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Very
You
Naive
" 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. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Place
Funny
Little
" 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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Experience
You
People
" 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
Me
Artist
Darkness
" I have to say, it seems to be the older I get, the better the work gets. When has that been true? "
Elizabeth Marvel
Better
Older
Work
" If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that. "
Elizabeth Marvel
You
See
I Believe
" 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
Me
Interesting
" I don't believe in saying no. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Saying
Believe
" I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Ability
Weak
Person
" We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Real
Character
Experiences
" 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
Find
Love
Me
" 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
Me
" The audience has its own gestalt, and it becomes another character - a character that changes each night. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Audience
Changes
Night
" 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
Actor
Realize
Seen
" I see a lot of art; we see a lot of music, films at Sundance... that influences me and informs me more than theater just because I make a bigger effort to see other art forms. "
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Music
Effort
Art
" 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
" I don't look presidential. I don't wear, you know, three-piece suits and have my hair perfectly coiffed. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Look
Know
Hair
" 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
Funny
Love
Say
" Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world? "
Elizabeth Marvel
Who
World
Want
" 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. "
Elizabeth Marvel
Crazy
Environment
Know