Alice Ripley Quotes
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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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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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When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so is your physical life.
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I don't really talk about 'Next to Normal' that much anymore.
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I have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.
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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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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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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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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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I don't honestly have the time or energy to support anybody else's cause but my own, which is self-expression. So I guess, if I had a cause, it would be education.
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Everyone has some sort of connection to mental illness.
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I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an actor for inspiration or as a writer.
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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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'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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The really good stuff- the 'Hamiltons' - comes out after decades of writing and being committed.
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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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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 grew up in Ohio. I was born in a suburb of Oakland, but I grew up in Ohio.
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Making music has saved my life.
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Don't get me wrong: I love having my own song and being the center of attention, but I also love being part of the group and making the show work in a more anonymous way.
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My favourite roller coaster is the Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio.
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For me, in the audition, the song that you choose should make you cry. It doesn't matter why: it could be because you're happy, but it gives you that feeling that you're overflowing.
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Sometimes, you find the play; sometimes, the play finds you.
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Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.