Laurie Metcalf Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Laurie Metcalf quotes and sayings page 2 (69 year old actress). These are the last 10 out of 20 quotes we have for her.
“I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.”
“I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.”
“I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.”
“Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.”
“When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.”
“I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV.”
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