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. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
When I work onstage, I want to play roles that have real, deep theatricality, that aren’t the sort you would easily see on television and in the movies. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
I’m not familiar with an unaccepting family. But in my profession, nothing can be foreign. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character’s experiences real to us. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
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. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
Personally, I don’t want to do theater that’s very stylish, when it’s just stories on stage that are basically the same as TV or film. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
It’s really interesting because I’m a Quaker… so it’s been radical to me to be hired by the Department of Defense under contract. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
You talk through what exactly happened to Howard Dean on the campaign trail, what Bill Clinton must have lived through, what the daily grind of doing what these people have to do. And they can never lose their temper, they can never be tired, and they can never slip up, or it’s on-camera, and it’s everywhere – and it’s over. Elizabeth Marvel Read Quote
