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.

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

I like to play a wide range of characters. The more they're unlike me, the better I like it.

Laurie Metcalf

I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.

I'm happy whenever I'm in a rehearsal room. I've always gotten all my energy and creativity in there.

Laurie Metcalf

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

Laurie Metcalf

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

I've been directed by other actors, and being an actor doesn't make you a good director.

Laurie Metcalf

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

Theater opened up a whole new world for me. It was a freedom I'd never known before.

Laurie Metcalf

I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.

I've loved every minute of every hour I've spent doing theatre.

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

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

When I go to see something I'm in, or my friends are in, it's like a home movie. When I just go to the movies and don't know anyone in it, then it's a real movie.

When I go to see something I'm in, or my friends are in, it's like a home movie. When I just go to the movies and don't know anyone in it, then it's a real movie.

Laurie Metcalf

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

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