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In 'Angels in America,' I got to fulfill a lifelong dream. I was in the air eight nights a week for two years, and I just loved it.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Air America Angels Dream Eight Fulfill Got Just Lifelong Loved Nights Two Week Years

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Not just my parents, but teachers, friends, mentors - a host of people are to be thanked for any success I have had, and a whole lot of just plain luck.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Any Friends Had Host Just Lot Luck Mentors Parents People Plain Success Teachers Whole

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One of the reasons I admire David Lindsay-Abaire's work is that he, like the Greeks I've spent so much of my professional life contemplating, is not afraid of taking on the big stuff - huge, human, moral issues - what do we owe to those we love?

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Admire Afraid Big Contemplating David Greeks He Huge Human Issues Life Like Love Moral Much Owe Professional Professional Life Reasons Spent Stuff Taking Those Work

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I became frustrated early on as a playwright by a kind of smug smallness in modern drama. There was a lack of what I now understand as courage in the work of others as well as in my own work, and I found I was mildly amused or interested by such plays but not deeply engaged or enlightened.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Amused Became Courage Deeply Drama Early Engaged Enlightened Found Frustrated Interested Kind Lack Modern My Own Now Others Own Plays Playwright Smug Understand Well Work

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I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Actor Because Dealing Go Greatest Help Life Matter My Life Need Questions See Theater Things Want

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I'm very comfortable in the air. And if you're really in love with flight, you're in love to a certain extent with being outside of the body, not grounded. The problem is, if you're not in your body, you can't actually feel anything particularly authentically.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Actually Air Anything Being Body Certain Certain Extent Comfortable Extent Feel Flight Grounded Love Outside Particularly Problem Really Very You Your Your Body

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When I was in high school, I was going to be a painter because I had a facility for painting. I could do it, but I didn't have anything to say in that medium.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

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I just realized at some point that I was hopelessly in love with the theater. I fought it for a long time because I thought theater was for, you know, insufferable actors.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

Topics: Actor Because Fought Hopelessly Just Know Long Long Time Love Point Realized Some Theater Thought Time You

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The more you head into the maelstrom, the more vulnerable you are, of course. But it's what you owe to whatever gift you have.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

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I'm an actor and a playwright, and I don't earn much.

~Ellen Mclaughlin

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: November 9th, 1957

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