Author: Laurie Metcalf

Quotes

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

You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV.

You know, if a TV show dropped into my lap out of the blue, I would have a hard time turning it down because there just isn't the money in theater that there is on TV.

- 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

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 can't even call it work. I'm a creative-a-holic. I love the tearing into new material.

I can't even call it work. I'm a creative-a-holic. I love the tearing into new material.

- Laurie Metcalf

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