Zitat des Tages von Elizabeth Marvel:
There are lots of rats. It's a dirty little secret at the Delacorte Theatre.
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.
As an actress, you have to be very naive.
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.
I'm not familiar with an unaccepting family. But in my profession, nothing can be foreign.
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.
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.
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 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 just love the idea of doing an all-female play on Broadway.
I have to say, it seems to be the older I get, the better the work gets. When has that been true?
If you can see it, you can be it. And I believe in that.
I was a spooky kid; that was just my nature.
I'm dying for people to let me be funny!
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.
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.
Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world?
I don't believe in saying no.
If someone can make money from you, you can do more things, and eventually, you can do things you come up with.
I will happily work anywhere they need me to if they pay me well.
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.
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.
My God, I have so much bounty in my life.
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'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!
I think there is a certain gravitas about me. My energy can be very big and yet contained.