When I get a beautifully written piece of material, I immediately start imagining how I would interpret it. I love just daydreaming about it for months, breaking it down, seeing where I can spin something. How I can turn this… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I like contemporary, bare-boned writing. I don't like having the language that I barely understand get in the way of me interpreting it over to an audience. It's this barrier that I don't want to have to attack. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
'Three Tall Women' is kind of fascinating. I had never seen it itself, and I imagine the audience will find it very intriguing to… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I don't like the camera. I get very self-conscious with it and then spend way too much time not looking self-conscious instead of being… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I gravitated back to theatre again, and when I heard about this little independent movie called 'Lady Bird,' I thought, 'This will be a… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
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… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
When I get a beautifully written piece of material, I immediately start imagining how I would interpret it. I love just daydreaming about it… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
No matter how many times you've done it, the early stages of getting a show up on its feet is very hit and miss.… — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it. — Laurie Metcalf Copy Share Image
