Laurie Metcalf

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

A dream job is to walk right past hair and makeup.

I gravitated back to theatre again, and when I heard about this little independent movie called 'Lady Bird,' I thought, 'This will be a project where I can dip my toe back into the water.'

I'm not trying to blow out a camera lens or make the audience's hair go straight back from my sheer volume, sheer energy level.

No matter how many times you've done it, the early stages of getting a show up on its feet is very hit and miss. There seem to be thousands of options on every page to discover.

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

I'm so thrilled to be here on the set of 'Supergirl!'

I am a kind of competitive person. I am competitive with myself. I won't let anything go until I am satisfied with how it is.

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

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

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

When I get a beautifully written piece of material, I immediately start imagining how I would interpret it. I love just daydreaming about it for months, breaking it down, seeing where I can spin something. How I can turn this into the most fun ride for the audience that I can make it? That's my job.