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> [“It was curious to me then, as now, the power of the performer over an audience when, in fact, the gift itself springs from the writer's pen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/it-was-curious-to-me-then-as-now-the-power-of-the-performer-over-an/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

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## More by Kate Mulgrew

> [I was caught in a private cycle of sadness and the only conceivable relief I could find was in the telling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/i-was-caught-in-a-private-cycle-of-sadness-and-the-only-conceivable/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [I think the chemistry on the Orange set is extraordinary and I’m going to risk and say this: I think by virtue of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/i-think-the-chemistry-on-the-orange-set-is-extraordinary-and-i-m/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/i-have-a-very-rich-and-wonderful-personal-life-and-at-its-core-are-my/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [I think people think I'm accessible. I'm never treated as a star, either by fans or other actors, and I like it like that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/i-think-people-think-i-m-accessible-i-m-never-treated-as-a-star/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [Life's so brief,” she goes on. “We're, at every juncture, staring mortality in the face. It's the very least we can do if we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/life-s-so-brief-she-goes-on-we-re-at-every-juncture-staring-mortality/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [It's the digital era. What makes it exciting is that it's both the Golden Age of television and the Wild West of television. Something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/it-s-the-digital-era-what-makes-it-exciting-is-that-it-s-both-the/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [Abortion does not compute with my philosophy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/abortion-does-not-compute-with-my-philosophy/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/great-writing-is-great-writing-it-s-as-simple-as-all-that/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [Over the course of my career, which is about 40 years, I've visited plenty of prisons and I know what they're like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/over-the-course-of-my-career-which-is-about-40-years-i-ve-visited/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [I've done a lot of television in life, and I don't remember the last time that I felt so consistently happy \[working with Jenji…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/i-ve-done-a-lot-of-television-in-life-and-i-don-t-remember-the-last/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [This is not the 19th century, where actors are expected to play completely opposite roles. We're not typecast, but we're brought in because somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/this-is-not-the-19th-century-where-actors-are-expected-to-play/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/the-elegance-and-the-quality-the-talent-is-always-in-the-literature-i/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [Of course, the young male demographic has always been the target demographic for 'Star Trek,' the men ageing fifteen to about twenty-five or thirty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/of-course-the-young-male-demographic-has-always-been-the-target/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/we-are-talking-about-someone-who-has-lived-it-must-be-honored-in/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

> [“It was curious to me then, as now, the power of the performer over an audience when, in fact, the gift itself springs from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-mulgrew/it-was-curious-to-me-then-as-now-the-power-of-the-performer-over-an/)

[Kate Mulgrew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-mulgrew/)

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