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

Elizabeth Marvel

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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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" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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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" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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 never had any preconceived ideas about acting, because I always thought I was going to be a visual artist. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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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" If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" My God, I have so much bounty in my life. "

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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" I'm dying for people to let me be funny! "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

" I have no ability or interest to play that weak, beaten person. "

Elizabeth Marvel

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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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. "

Elizabeth Marvel

" 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

" 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 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

" 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

" I've been around the block. "

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

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