Alice Ripley Quotes
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I am always talking to students and telling them how you have to practice every day because you can't wait for someone to hire you. You need something you do for yourself, something that feeds your creative life.
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Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that.
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When you're 20 and you're in acting school and your teachers tell you that 95 percent of actors are unemployed for twenty years, you think it doesn't apply to you. But it does take twenty years to become real, because that's what you have to do to be an interesting actor.
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The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for.
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Sometimes, you find the play; sometimes, the play finds you.
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Facebook and Twitter and Instagram are excellent ways to keep in touch with the audience and maintain your image an actor.
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I have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.
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I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire for me, and so that's still going, and I haven't given up on it.
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I love New York City. I really do. I 'heart' New York.
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George Hearn taught me that you learn that there are roles that are Tony roles and roles that are not.
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'Next to Normal' has challenged me as an actor because of how complex Diana is. And that's got me hungry for another character like that in a non-singing role because it would be interesting to express that same intensity in a different way.
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You've got to chop back the performance like a rose bush. That's when it's beautiful.
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Teachers want to teach you theory, and that's fine, but when it comes to rock and roll, you only need three chords. There's something comforting about that.
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The selections on 'Daily Practice' are all what I consider standard rock songs that have been absolutely essential to keeping me alive.
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I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'
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David Mamet gives me great heart. When I ask myself, 'I don't know if I can do this again,' Mamet would say, 'Oh yes, you can.'
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My mother is always the most vulnerable person in any room, and so I definitely have that part of her inside me.
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All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives.
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My favourite roller coaster is the Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio.
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I grew up in Ohio. I was born in a suburb of Oakland, but I grew up in Ohio.
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I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.
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I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they do.
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I had to go off by myself to try and discover what my talent really was.
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The really good stuff- the 'Hamiltons' - comes out after decades of writing and being committed.