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" Theatre requires devotion that is all-consuming. When we started out, we didn't mind working 12 hours a day. We didn't mind going endlessly over and over a scene to make it right. I was the company's costumer for the first few years, and I remember the budget for 'Balm in Gilead' was $150. "

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" I hope people think about the way trials go today, with the justice system overwhelmed by cases. "

" I went to the library and found lots of material about this time, about the Freedom March and what was going on down there in 1964. "

" I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City. "

" My son is 14, and I only have this time with him. True, it's not like before when I couldn't explain to a little boy why I can't read him his bedtime story six nights a week. And he's even said to me, 'Mom, if you want to do a show somewhere, you should go.' "

" Scene study is isolated. I suppose it's interesting, but I don't think it really teaches you about a throughline. A throughline is something you feel when you do one scene followed by another followed by another. "

" We are not living up to Thomas Jefferson's idea of what a trial by jury means. "

" I was shocked when I would read a newspaper from that time, and the Freedom March wasn't even mentioned. "

" When I left high school - I was younger than my classmates, just 17 - I knew I wanted to be an actress, but I thought, 'When I go to college, I'd rather study something else.' "

" Rhythm and timing are so important in comedic acting. "