Top 20 Quotes by Laurie Metcalf

About Laurie Metcalf

These are some quotes by American author Laurie Metcalf Actress, who was born on June 16, 1955.

One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like.

One of the hardest things about directing is just to be patient and remind yourself that you've been in Week 1 of a rehearsal process yourself, and you know what it feels like.

Laurie Metcalf

Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.

Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.

Laurie Metcalf

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

Laurie Metcalf

I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.

Laurie Metcalf

I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.

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

I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.

I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.

Laurie Metcalf

When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.

When one thing ends, you put it away and start from scratch on the next thing.

Laurie Metcalf

I don't like working in front of a camera.

I don't like working in front of a camera.

Laurie Metcalf

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together later. I can do things onstage that I would never do in real life. It's very freeing.

Laurie Metcalf

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

Laurie Metcalf

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