58 Quotes by Laurie Metcalf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 to be in a tiny space every once in a while and a rush to be on a giant stage every once in a while.

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.