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> [In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/in-some-roles-you-do-that-very-hard-work-where-at-some-point-into/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

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## More by Mercedes Ruehl

> [Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/nature-chooses-who-will-be-transgender-individuals-don-t-choose-this/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [I'll be with The Goat until the fall. Then I've been given three plays to look at and there have been a couple of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/i-ll-be-with-the-goat-until-the-fall-then-i-ve-been-given-three-plays/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [In this business, you never say no to anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/in-this-business-you-never-say-no-to-anything/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/we-have-the-tendency-to-condemn-what-we-don-t-understand/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [You know, I once leased a Mercedes because I got a good deal on it because of my first name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/you-know-i-once-leased-a-mercedes-because-i-got-a-good-deal-on-it/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/i-learned-a-lot-more-about-transgender-people-it-s-not-a-choice-but-a/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [The first theatre I ever found was in the backyard of a new suburban community in the foothills of the Poconos. My dad was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/the-first-theatre-i-ever-found-was-in-the-backyard-of-a-new-suburban/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/but-in-my-own-particular-case-there-was-something-that-happened-when/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [I've always had facility with the German accent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/i-ve-always-had-facility-with-the-german-accent/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/society-historically-has-a-difficult-time-with-the-concept-of/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [I find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you're playing, everything else follows. It comes right out of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/i-find-that-once-you-find-the-sound-and-voice-of-this-character-you/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/writing-of-that-caliber-spoils-you-for-any-other-kind-of-writing-for/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/in-some-roles-you-do-that-very-hard-work-where-at-some-point-into/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [Also, I had read a book called She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/also-i-had-read-a-book-called-she-s-not-there-a-life-in-two-genders/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

> [Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn't come to you easily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-ruehl/some-roles-require-a-building-from-the-foundation-up-it-really-doesn/)

[Mercedes Ruehl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-ruehl/)

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