"The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors."

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"The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors."

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"When I see what I want, I do it."

Want

"I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater."

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"But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different."

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"People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession."

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"I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people."

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"I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do."

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