Elizabeth Marvel Quotes
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Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world?
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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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I'm a hypervisual person.
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Whenever I approach any character, I try to find examples to draw upon.
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I don't look presidential. I don't wear, you know, three-piece suits and have my hair perfectly coiffed.
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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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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.
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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'm dying for people to let me be funny!
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We are in this amazing age of television where there's an incredible amount and an incredible quality of television, of long-form narrative.
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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!'
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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.
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If someone can make money from you, you can do more things, and eventually, you can do things you come up with.
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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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There are lots of rats. It's a dirty little secret at the Delacorte Theatre.
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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.
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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.
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I will happily work anywhere they need me to if they pay me well.
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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.
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I think there is a certain gravitas about me. My energy can be very big and yet contained.
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I think every actor has those performances they've seen, the person who made them realize that's what they wanted to do.
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I've been around the block.
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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.
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I get to play a lot of powerful, smartest women in the room. And that's deeply satisfying.