Quotes by Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Also, I had read a book called She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.

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But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.

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I find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you’re playing, everything else follows. It comes right out of the fingertips eventually – the physicality, the gestures, the walk – for me.

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I find there’s almost no place to put an award that one’s quite comfortable with.

Awards

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I learned a lot more about transgender people. It’s not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.

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In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you.

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Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity.

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Identity

Views

Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn’t come to you easily.

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Quotes by Mercedes Ruehl

Mercedes Ruehl

Also, I had read a book called She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, written by a professor who had gone through transgender surgery, but it took this person well into his thirties to come to terms with the absolute necessity of having to do it.

But in my own particular case, there was something that happened when I became a mother. Whenever in the news I saw an example of a child being abused or mistreated, my response went from being appalled to being physically revolted.

I find that once you find the sound and voice of this character you’re playing, everything else follows. It comes right out of the fingertips eventually – the physicality, the gestures, the walk – for me.

I find there’s almost no place to put an award that one’s quite comfortable with.

I learned a lot more about transgender people. It’s not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.

In some roles you do that very hard work where, at some point into rehearsals, where all of a sudden it snaps into place. You feel like the soul of this character is now dwelling in you.

Society historically has a difficult time with the concept of something new and foreign that shakes up our comfortable views, especially if it involves the very volatile question of sexual identity.

Some roles require a building from the foundation up; it really doesn’t come to you easily.

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