Laurie Metcalf Quotes
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I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.
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I was always a secretary in the early days, before we decided we were brave enough to join Equity and see if this thing has any legs.
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I want to be thinking as quickly as I need to as soon as I hit the stage. I want to have a vocal warm-up.
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I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.
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I'm not trying to blow out a camera lens or make the audience's hair go straight back from my sheer volume, sheer energy level.
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I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.
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I gravitated back to theatre again, and when I heard about this little independent movie called 'Lady Bird,' I thought, 'This will be a project where I can dip my toe back into the water.'
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I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.
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I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.
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My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.
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I like to let the work speak rather than to have to talk about it.
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I'm so thrilled to be here on the set of 'Supergirl!'
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When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.
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Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.
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I'm incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to bring Mae to work with me as I take on the guest role of 'Mary McGowan.'
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I can't even call it work. I'm a creative-a-holic. I love the tearing into new material.
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I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.
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One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like.
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I watch episodes of 'Rosanne' now where I don't even know what the ending's going to be.