Laurie Metcalf Quotes

• I'm hideously shy as myself but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Running, Naked, Shy

  "Laurie Metcalf: Looking for Fireworks". "LA Stage" Interview, thisstage.la. April 30, 2009.

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• Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

  Laurie Metcalf

  World, Theater, Whole

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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.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Play Hard, Giving, Interesting

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• My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Growing Up, Illinois, Southern

  "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Laurie Metcalf". Interview with Robert Simonson, www.playbill.com. October 21, 2009.

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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.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Creativity, Energy, Rehearsal

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• I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Directors, Actors, Good Directors

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• When I go to see something I'm in, or my friends are in, it's like a home movie. When I just go to the movies and don't know anyone in it, then it's a real movie.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Real, Home, My Friends

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• I actually like to audition. I prefer to audition for something because I don't want to walk onto a stage or a set and [have someone] say, "You are so far away from what I thought you were going to bring in." I would feel more comfortable to audition and say, "Here's my take on it - take it or leave it".

  Laurie Metcalf

  Far Away

  Source: variety.com

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• I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Theatre, Hours, Minutes

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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.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Acting, Theater, Practicals

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• I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Character, Play, Range

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• I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Long, Office, Long Time

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• I don't like working in front of a camera.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Cameras, Fronts

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• Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Thinking, Lucky, Knows

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• Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Real, Editors, Together

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• I work just as hard and have just as much fun whether in a 50-seat house or in a 1000-seat house. It's a luxury to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Fun, Luxury, Space

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• When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Scratches, Next, Ends

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• Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.

  Laurie Metcalf

  Passion, Play, People

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