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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

Doing

You

Tired

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

" I've been around the block. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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

Want

Interesting

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

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