Elizabeth Marvel Quotes
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.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying, 'This is fiction.'
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour was within strictly limited areas.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
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Overseas directors who want to work in Hollywood, the language barrier is not a problem. With the right talent, any director can be successful.
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Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need to acquire the skills of writing and speaking that make for candor, rigor, and clarity. You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly.
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Back in my younger years, I read an average of a book a day. That was when I was going to school full time and working a job after school 30 hours or more a week.
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As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.
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The right of free speech cannot be parceled out based on whether we want to hear what the speaker has to say or whether we agree with those views. It means, quite often, tolerating the expression of views that we find distasteful, perhaps even repugnant.
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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.
