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

Elizabeth Marvel

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

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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'm a hypervisual person. "

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" 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. "

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" I'm not familiar with an unaccepting family. But in my profession, nothing can be foreign. "

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" When I work onstage, I want to play roles that have real, deep theatricality, that aren't the sort you would easily see on television and in the movies. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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" I've been around the block. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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

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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. "

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

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" I've been told I'm bright. But when I act, I get incredibly stupid. I feel my intellect slowing down. I feel it happening physically. And that's not negative in acting! "

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" I don't believe in saying no. "

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