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> [Everything feels so personal when you're an actor because you're so open and vulnerable, and you have to trust your director to guide you to where the storytelling needs to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/everything-feels-so-personal-when-you-re-an-actor-because-you-re-so/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

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## More by Miriam Shor

> [If it's truly a passion, and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/if-it-s-truly-a-passion-and-it-s-truly-something-you-believe-in-then/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [At any age, you are growing up at some level, but as far as maturing and growing up, a lot of that happens in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/at-any-age-you-are-growing-up-at-some-level-but-as-far-as-maturing/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [I drink as much water as I can when I remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/i-drink-as-much-water-as-i-can-when-i-remember/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [It is hard to be unhappy in a gay bar where everyone's singing show tunes! In fact, I've spent many a night in those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/it-is-hard-to-be-unhappy-in-a-gay-bar-where-everyone-s-singing-show/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [Certainly my parents were very political, so the whole Berlin Wall thing - and being a kid of the '80s - that's just something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/certainly-my-parents-were-very-political-so-the-whole-berlin-wall/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [Lily Tomlin, Judi Dench, Carol Burnett, Linda Emond, Meryl Streep, Janet Mctyre. I saw all these women on stage, and I experienced a feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/lily-tomlin-judi-dench-carol-burnett-linda-emond-meryl-streep-janet/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [When I gave a direction to an actor in the show, I know their whole journey better than a guest director could know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/when-i-gave-a-direction-to-an-actor-in-the-show-i-know-their-whole/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [I always like to hang out with whoever's directing and watch what they do. I hang out at Video Village, the area where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/i-always-like-to-hang-out-with-whoever-s-directing-and-watch-what/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [Your job as a director is to study the show, understand the show, understand the vibe, the tone, the characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/your-job-as-a-director-is-to-study-the-show-understand-the-show/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/you-can-t-just-wait-for-everybody-to-give-you-approval-you-will-just/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [If I could go into a time machine and be in my 20s again and do 'Flora the Red Menace,' I would. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/if-i-could-go-into-a-time-machine-and-be-in-my-20s-again-and-do-flora/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [I do work really hard to be nice to people. Well, actually, I think it doesn't take much effort to be nice to people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/i-do-work-really-hard-to-be-nice-to-people-well-actually-i-think-it/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [I think we have a long way to go in the entertainment industry, particularly in movies, but I feel like in television, there's somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/i-think-we-have-a-long-way-to-go-in-the-entertainment-industry/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [So many people are paralyzed by worrying, "What are these people going to think?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/so-many-people-are-paralyzed-by-worrying-what-are-these-people-going/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

> [I think that, as women, we're often asked to apologize for our own power, or we're asked to undercut ourselves, and it's deemed unattractive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-shor/i-think-that-as-women-we-re-often-asked-to-apologize-for-our-own/)

[Miriam Shor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-shor/)

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