Alice Ripley Quotes

Alice Ripley

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 14, 1963

Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.

Alice Ripley

'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is participating in that.

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'Tommy' was my first Broadway show. Long Pause. I don't know how you can surpass the excitement or get more excited or feel more on top of the world than when you are sitting in a room singing The Who, and Pete Townshend is sitting there tapping his foot.

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The musicals on Broadway have not necessarily been true musical theater. I'm speaking generally, of course: I saw 'Spring Awakening,' and I was completely inspired by that.

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A likable character isn't one who does nothing wrong.

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Everyone has some sort of connection to mental illness.

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My favourite roller coaster is the Millennium Force at Cedar Point in Ohio.

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Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that.

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I don't really talk about 'Next to Normal' that much anymore.

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I love having a basement.

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Any kind of grieving that is not allowed causes a break. In our culture, grieving in public is not encouraged, but in other cultures, it is done publicly. Some cultures have walls where people can cry. We don't have that. We have theatre where there's always the chance for you to face things within yourself.

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When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram.

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You always kind of feel like you're rolling the dice as an actor.

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What made me so brave? Maybe it was being the middle kid of 11, and we all had to share one bathroom. New underwear? I never discovered that until I got into college.

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I did grow up in a small town. I grew up in a lot of different places. But I consider my home to be Cleveland.

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I grew up in Ohio. I was born in a suburb of Oakland, but I grew up in Ohio.

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I've always been drawn to raw material.

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Teachers want to teach you theory, and that's fine, but when it comes to rock and roll, you only need three chords. There's something comforting about that.

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'Next to Normal' has challenged me as an actor because of how complex Diana is. And that's got me hungry for another character like that in a non-singing role because it would be interesting to express that same intensity in a different way.

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I have fallen deeply in love with songs - musical theatre songs included - over the years, and this experience has taught me to hear and honor the writer's voice in my soul.

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