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

Elizabeth Marvel

Been

Years

Busy

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

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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

" How do you stand tall and strong as a woman while trying to be the smartest woman in the room and try to remain non-threatening? "

" I'm a hypervisual person. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Person

" I don't believe in saying no. "

Elizabeth Marvel

Saying

Believe

" I think every actor has those performances they've seen, the person who made them realize that's what they wanted to do. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

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

" I think there is a certain gravitas about me. My energy can be very big and yet contained. "

Elizabeth Marvel

I Think

Think

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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