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Andrea Martin

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[Wikipedia] Andrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work in the television series SCTV and Great News. She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas (1974) and its 2006 remake, Wag the Dog (1997), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2

Quotes by Andrea Martin

I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.

Cry

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I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go back and do one I hope.

Awhile

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For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I…

Better

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Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody that I worked with. People couldn't have…

Been

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Of course it's difficult to turn anything down when Mike Nichols calls you personally.

Anything

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When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.

Canada

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I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer.

Investing

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The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my…

Along

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I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take until they really work with your face…

Along

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Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality.

Always

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I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United…

Accomplish

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I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.

Being

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I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

Going

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I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it.

Around

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But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and…

Against

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I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

Cinema

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I'm sick of the treadmill.

Sick

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Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards.

About

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It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

Finding

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Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always…

Always

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And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

Broadway

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