Quotes by Andrea Martin

About Andrea Martin:

Andrea Louise Martin is an American actress, singer, author and comedian. She has appeared in films such as Black Christmas, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, on stage in productions such as the 2013 revival of Pippin for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, My Favorite Year, for which she also won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Martin also appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof, Candide, Oklahoma!, Young Frankenstein, Act One, Exit the King and in the television series SCTV.
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But I am Armenian and I understand what it is to lose a country and lose a family and have massacres and genocides and everything against my people.

Andrea Martin

I really believed that if I could play that character, who is grounded in the earth and the history of the United States - not the kind of role I usually play - it would help me change the perception out there and my own perception of what I can acco...

Andrea Martin

I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go back and do one I hope.

Andrea Martin

For pragmatic reasons, I love the routine. I love the structure of it. I love knowing that my days are free. I know where I'm going at night. I know my life is kind of orderly. I just like that better.

Andrea Martin

I love the comradery of doing theatre that you don't get in film.

Andrea Martin

Here's the thing: I did one episode of Deep Space Nine, and I loved everybody that I worked with. People couldn't have been kinder... But I had a really, really difficult time with the prosthetics.

Andrea Martin

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing.

Andrea Martin

I don't like to cry in public, unless I'm getting paid for it.

Andrea Martin

I'm sick of the treadmill.

Andrea Martin

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

Andrea Martin

Here's probably a short answer - I never feel in this piece that I'm stepping out and being Andrea Martin. I always feel like I'm Golde, so whatever Golde would do within those realms, that's what I would do.

Andrea Martin

I don't like sitting around sets - I don't like the unpredictability of it.

Andrea Martin

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

Andrea Martin

I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer.

Andrea Martin

I was stuck in the benefits of being a known comedian.

Andrea Martin

It's really important to me to keep growing and keep finding new things.

Andrea Martin

Now my way of doing it is I always get disappointed, but there's always a level of high quality.

Andrea Martin

Of course it's difficult to turn anything down when Mike Nichols calls you personally.

Andrea Martin

Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards.

Andrea Martin

When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.

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Author Bio

  • NameAndrea Martin
  • DescriptionAmerican and Canadian actress
  • BornJanuary 15, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award