Laurie Metcalf Quotations

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

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

Really, I'll go anywhere at any time to continue working in theater - it's a passion that I'm thankful I still have. It keeps me creative and on my toes and meeting great people. I can't imagine a better way of working than on a play.

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 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.

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.

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

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.