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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

Job

Work

Great

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Elizabeth Marvel

Someone

Things

" 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

" 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. "

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

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Elizabeth Marvel

Person

" 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

Believe

Character

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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 dying for people to let me be funny! "

Elizabeth Marvel

Funny

People

" I don't believe in saying no. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Saying

Believe

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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

" I've been around the block. "